Financial Intelligence Unit imposes ₹188.2 mn penalty on crypto exchange Binance for violating anti-money-laundering regulations
The Hindu
FIU fines Binance $2.25 million for anti-money laundering violations, requires registration and compliance for crypto exchanges.
Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has imposed a fine of 188.2 million Rupees ($2.25 million) on the crypto exchange Binance for operating in violation of anti-money laundering regulations. Binance did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Virtual digital asset service providers such as crypto exchanges are required to be registered with the FIU, as a reporting entity and comply with its anti-money laundering rules.
In May, Binance had registered with the FIU as the exchange sought to resume operations, after the watchdog FIU issued show-cause notices to nine offshore exchanges operating in violation of rules.
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The watchdog had also asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to block online access to the exchanges. Crypto exchange KuCoin had registered with FIU in March but faced a smaller penalty amount of 3.45 million Rupees.
Canada's anti-money-laundering agency had also imposed a fine of $4.38 million on Binance in May for violation of anti-money laundering rules. Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced to four months in prison in May by U.S. District Judge Richard Jones in Seattle after pleading guilty to violating the country's laws against money laundering.
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