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USA v. Zhao

  1. May 08, 2025

    Ex-Binance CEO Says He's Asked Trump Admin For A Pardon

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said he has applied for a pardon from the Trump administration in the wake of a four-month prison term he served as part of a historic plea deal over the cryptocurrency exchange's anti-money laundering failures.

  2. September 27, 2024

    Binance Founder Zhao Released From Federal Custody

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was released from a California correctional facility Friday after he was sentenced to four months in prison for his failure to implement an effective anti-money laundering program at the global cryptocurrency exchange, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to Law360.

  3. May 03, 2024

    Binance Founder's Sentence Shaped By Plea And Apology

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's willingness to cooperate with law enforcement and accept responsibility in court for the crypto exchange's anti-money laundering violations helped the former CEO land a deal with prosecutors that got him a relatively short prison sentence to close out a yearslong investigation.

  4. April 30, 2024

    Binance Founder Gets 4 Mos. For Lax Money Laundering Policy

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was sentenced Tuesday to four months in prison for his failure to implement an effective anti-money laundering program at the global crypto exchange, as a federal judge rejected a more severe punishment sought by the government citing concerns about sentencing disparity.

  5. April 24, 2024

    Binance Founder Should Get 3 Years, Not Probation, Feds Say

    Federal prosecutors asked a Washington federal judge to sentence Binance founder Changpeng Zhao to three years over his failure to implement an effective anti-money laundering program at his crypto exchange, but the founder said jail time isn't necessary since he's already paid "massive" fines and comparable cases haven't resulted in prison sentences.

  6. March 04, 2024

    DOJ Worried Binance Founder's Travel May 'Become An Issue'

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao should have to notify the government of any travel as he awaits sentencing, prosecutors have said, telling a federal court in Washington they remain concerned he could be a flight risk.

  7. February 28, 2024

    Binance Founder Against More Travel Limits, Floats UAE Trip

    Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has told a Washington federal judge he opposes prosecutors' motion for further travel restrictions and suggested, without explicitly asking, that he be allowed to see his family in the United Arab Emirates. 

  8. January 01, 2024

    Crypto White Collar Cases To Watch In 2024

    The coming year will see the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission battle with crypto exchanges over how securities laws apply to digital assets, while federal prosecutors will be focused on holding crypto firms and executives responsible for vast compliance failures that happened under their watch.

  9. December 18, 2023

    CFTC Wins OK For $2.7B Binance Deal, $150M Zhao Payout

    An Illinois federal judge has granted final approval to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's $2.7 billion settlement with Binance Holdings Ltd. and $150 million settlement with its founder Changpeng Zhao in the agency's suit over allegations of money laundering and other illegal activities, the CFTC announced Monday.

  10. December 07, 2023

    Binance Founder Must Remain In US Until Sentencing

    A Seattle federal judge ordered Thursday that Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the embattled cryptocurrency exchange Binance, must stay in the United States until his sentencing, saying Zhao poses a flight risk given his wealth and close ties to the United Arab Emirates.

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