Bitmex Matgrënner Arthur Hayes vermeit Prisong fir d'Verletzung vum US Bankgeheimnisgesetz

Bitmex Co-Founder Arthur Hayes Avoids Prison for Violating US Bank Secrecy Act

Bitmex co-founder Arthur Hayes is not going to prison for violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act. Instead, the former crypto exchange CEO has been sentenced to “six months of home detention and two years of probation.” Hayes has agreed to pay a fine of $10 million.

Bitmex's Arthur Hayes veruerteelt

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitmex has been sentenced for Violatioun vum Bankgeheimnisgesetz (BSA). Hayes ugestreift to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in February.

The DOJ states:

Hayes, 36, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to six months of home detention and two years of probation. Hayes also agreed to pay a fine of $10 million dollars representing his pecuniary gain from the offense.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams explained that while building a cryptocurrency trading platform “that profited him millions of dollars,” Hayes “willfully defied U.S. law that requires businesses to do their part to help in preventing crime and corruption.”

Williams added: “He intentionally failed to implement and maintain even basic anti-money laundering policies, which allowed Bitmex to operate as a platform in the shadows of the financial markets.”

Two other Bitmex co-founders, Benjamin Dalo and Sam Reed, also pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced in the near future.

Like Hayes, the two other co-founders have also been bestallt to pay $10 million each in a civil monetary penalty.

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Kevin Helms

E Student vun der éisträichescher Economie, de Kevin huet Bitcoin am 2011 fonnt an ass zënterhier en Evangelist. Seng Interesse leien an der Bitcoin Sécherheet, Open-Source Systemer, Netzwierkungseffekter an der Kräizung tëscht Wirtschaft a Kryptografie.