A U.S. federal judge has approved Binance’s guilty plea and a hefty $4.3 billion settlement deal for violating anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions laws through its cryptocurrency exchange.
According to a Reuters report, the plea and the settlement were accepted on Friday, February 23.
The Settlement Deal
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had announced the plea deal and settlement in November, alleging that Binance had violated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and failed to register as a money transmitting business.
Additionally, the agency alleged that Binance’s founder and now-former CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, failed to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program on the platform, violating the BSA.
The guilty plea and settlement comes after a years-long investigation by the DOJ into the leading crypto exchange.
Prosecutors stated that CZ’s failure to maintain an AML program on Binance “allowed money to flo
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