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Binance Let $1.7B Flow Through Terror-Linked Accounts, Even After Paying Billions: Report
Binance allowed hundreds of millions of dollars to move through suspicious accounts even after promising to strengthen compliance as part of a $4.3 billion US criminal settlement in 2023, according to an exclusive Financial Times (FT) investigation. Internal files reviewed by the FT reveal accounts with red flags - including connections to terror financing networks, impossible login patterns, and failed identity checks - kept trading well after the November 2023 plea agreement. The leaked data covers transactions from 2021 through this year. One account belonged to a resident of a Venezuelan slum who moved $93 ... (full story)