SEC hits Binance with 13 charges
SEC hits Binance with 13 charges
By John K. White
Binance was in the news again this morning; as you might expect, it went from bad to terrible.
The?New York Times reported ?that the SEC filed 13 charges against Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao.
Reuters earlier?published an exclusive ?alleging the parent company controlled 'independent' U.S. affiliate's bank accounts.
Reuters?reported another whopper ?in February that stated Binance moved $400 million from U.S. partner to a firm managed by Zhao.
These stories shed light on the financial reporting secrecy of Binance and how much the U.S. branch and the parent company were intertwined despite the company declaring that wasn't the case.
Binance has always maintained they have moved forward from those days (the "parent company control" story referenced actions in 2019 and 2020), but formal charges may spell the end.
We will have more on this breaking news story in the days ahead.
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The S.E.C. said the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange mixed “billions of dollars” in customer funds and secretly sent them to a separate company controlled by Binance’s founder, Changpeng Zhao.
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