- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2022-02-25T15:01:00
Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange and derivative trading platform BitMEX, were each fined $10 million as part of guilty pleas for anti-money laundering violations under the Bank Secrecy Act.
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The parent company of crypto-trading platform BitMEX is again facing charges of violating the Bank Secrecy Act, the latest in a string of punishments against the company and its founders for failing to implement adequate know your customer and anti-money laundering programs.
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