Trump pardons BitMEX co-founders, including Arthur Hayes: report
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"The co-founders, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, and former head of business development Gregory Dwyer, previously pled guilty to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act related to failure to maintain anti-money laundering and know-your-customer programs," the report said on Friday, adding that prosecutors had accused the co-founders of using BitMEX as a "money laundering platform" and that withdrawing from the U.S. market was "a sham."
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Prosecutors said the exchange "willfully" failed to establish, implement and maintain an adequate anti-money laundering program between 2015 and 2020.
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