Binance reportedly processed over $10 billion in illegal payments this year and a DOJ investigation is looking into top executives including CEO Changpeng Zhao. Did Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents call in a few DoJ favors? Payback is a b*tch…

The US Justice Department has been investigating crypto exchange Binance over money laundering violations, Reuters reported Monday. The report says that Binance processed over $10 billion worth of illegal payments in 2022. A Binance spokesperson told Insider that it would …

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Lol! This person has a legitimate point here.

Russia has a separate internet that Putin controls. If it’s not state media, Putin doesn’t want his citizens seeing it. Did you see the forbidden list of phrases and topics that will get you in jail? https://variety.com/2022/politics/news/russia-censorship-law-fake-news-1235196208/   h/t CryptoInform

SEC Alert! SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investors in Crypto Asset Trading Platform FTX. Defendant concealed his diversion of FTX customers’ funds to crypto trading firm Alameda Research while raising more than $1.8 billion from investors

Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-219 The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Samuel Bankman-Fried with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors in FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), the crypto trading platform of which he was the CEO and co-founder. Investigations as to other securities …

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How Things Fall Apart

by Charles Hugh-Smith That’s how things fall apart: insiders know but keep their mouths shut, outsiders are clueless, and the decay that started slowly gathers momentum as the last of the experienced and competent workforce burns out, quits or retires. …

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Twitter Files Part 5

2. 6:46 am: “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape …

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SBF Arrested by Bahamian authorities

BREAKING: Attorney General of the Bahamas has said @SBF_FTX has been arrested following “receipt of formal notification from the United States that it has filed criminal charges against SBF and is likely to request his extradition.” pic.twitter.com/4Jpwf0FHea — sarah emerson …

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[Forbes] Leaked document shows Binance actively undermining U.S. Regulators & Law Enforcement Agencies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/leaked-tai-chi-document-reveals-binances-elaborate-scheme-to-evade-bitcoin-regulators/ The first goal, enforcement mitigation, is designed to minimize the impact of U.S. regulation. It explicitly mentions the need to undermine the ability of “anti-money laundering and U.S. sanctions enforcement” to detect illicit activity. More specifically, it describes a …

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