KuCoin Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay Nearly $300 Million in US Crypto Case

KuCoin has pleaded guilty on Monday to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Prosecutors said Seychelles-based KuCoin had been used to facilitate billions of dollars of suspicious transactions, and to transmit potential criminal proceeds including from darknet markets and malware, ransomware and fraud.

Jan 28, 2025 - 18:02
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KuCoin Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Pay Nearly $300 Million in US Crypto Case
KuCoin has pleaded guilty on Monday to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Prosecutors said Seychelles-based KuCoin had been used to facilitate billions of dollars of suspicious transactions, and to transmit potential criminal proceeds including from darknet markets and malware, ransomware and fraud.