Binance founder ‘CZ’ released from custody after four-month sentence
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was released from U.S. custody on Friday after serving out his four-month sentence in a low-security correctional facility. CZ’s sentence was the product of a federal investigation that found Binance had failed to stop widespread criminal activity on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.
CZ pleaded guilty to the DOJ’s charges, paid a $50 million fine, and agreed to never be a Binance executive again. Binance was forced to pay a $4.3 billion settlement to the U.S. government, one of the largest corporate fines in U.S. history. However, CZ still retains an estimated 90% stake in Binance, according to Forbes, making him the 25th richest person in the world with a $61 billion net worth.
Shortly before his sentencing, CZ announced his next project: Giggle Academy, an education platform that claims to bring in no revenue. He’ll be free to spend his days working on that company now, which is actively hiring.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/27/binance-founder-cz-released-from-custody-after-four-month-sentence/
Topic: SEC vs Binance (Read 2507 times)
The problem with our communication is that we have different mentalities and think differently. I'm not saying CZ stole anything.
Each exchange sees the number of longs and shorts and can play against traders. In Russian it's called "hamster haircutting",and the more hamsters there are, the more profit the exchange makes.
Don't ask me for proof
This is one of the most bold truths that I have read recently. It's known to everyone that Binance is manipulating the market. Why are there sudden spikes and drops on futures that are usually enough to liquidate the customer and after that, the coin soon returns to its original price. I have become a victim of such accident on Binance and I am not trading futures anymore. If I trade, I only trade with 1x leverage and half capital.Each exchange sees the number of longs and shorts and can play against traders. In Russian it's called "hamster haircutting",and the more hamsters there are, the more profit the exchange makes.
Don't ask me for proof
"The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance to broaden the scope of its claims.
The SEC’s updated legal filings now list an additional range of tokens as securities, including Axie Infinity’s Axie Infinity Shards
AXS, Filecoin, Cosmos, The Sandbox’s, and Decentraland’s MANA
The development follows the continued pattern of the SEC’s ongoing efforts to regulate the crypto industry and classify digital assets as securities.
Despite the fact that I said I don't trade futures anymore, now I think that it's probably a good idea to open a short position on those coins because, from experience, coins lose their value when the SEC names coins as securities.The SEC’s updated legal filings now list an additional range of tokens as securities, including Axie Infinity’s Axie Infinity Shards
AXS, Filecoin, Cosmos, The Sandbox’s, and Decentraland’s MANA
The development follows the continued pattern of the SEC’s ongoing efforts to regulate the crypto industry and classify digital assets as securities.
If 70% of traders on the exchange think the same way as you do and go short, what do you think will happen?
The correct answer is that despite all the news background, the price of the coin will go up, you will lose money and become one of the hundreds of thousands of hamsters that manipulators cut on the exchange
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CZ will leave prison on 29 September
The problem with our communication is that we have different mentalities and think differently. I'm not saying CZ stole anything.
Each exchange sees the number of longs and shorts and can play against traders. In Russian it's called "hamster haircutting",and the more hamsters there are, the more profit the exchange makes.
Don't ask me for proof
This is one of the most bold truths that I have read recently. It's known to everyone that Binance is manipulating the market. Why are there sudden spikes and drops on futures that are usually enough to liquidate the customer and after that, the coin soon returns to its original price. I have become a victim of such accident on Binance and I am not trading futures anymore. If I trade, I only trade with 1x leverage and half capital.Each exchange sees the number of longs and shorts and can play against traders. In Russian it's called "hamster haircutting",and the more hamsters there are, the more profit the exchange makes.
Don't ask me for proof
"The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance to broaden the scope of its claims.
The SEC’s updated legal filings now list an additional range of tokens as securities, including Axie Infinity’s Axie Infinity Shards
AXS, Filecoin, Cosmos, The Sandbox’s, and Decentraland’s MANA
The development follows the continued pattern of the SEC’s ongoing efforts to regulate the crypto industry and classify digital assets as securities.
Despite the fact that I said I don't trade futures anymore, now I think that it's probably a good idea to open a short position on those coins because, from experience, coins lose their value when the SEC names coins as securities.The SEC’s updated legal filings now list an additional range of tokens as securities, including Axie Infinity’s Axie Infinity Shards
AXS, Filecoin, Cosmos, The Sandbox’s, and Decentraland’s MANA
The development follows the continued pattern of the SEC’s ongoing efforts to regulate the crypto industry and classify digital assets as securities.
Related: US diplomats pressure Nigeria to release detained Binance ex"
Nigeria stays strong on their decision and doesn't intend to release him. I wonder if increased pressure will have any effect.
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-expands-binance-lawsuit-axs-fil-atom-securities
"The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance to broaden the scope of its claims.
The SEC’s updated legal filings now list an additional range of tokens as securities, including Axie Infinity’s Axie Infinity Shards
AXS, Filecoin, Cosmos, The Sandbox’s, and Decentraland’s MANA
The development follows the continued pattern of the SEC’s ongoing efforts to regulate the crypto industry and classify digital assets as securities.
Related: US diplomats pressure Nigeria to release detained Binance ex"
"The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has expanded its lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance to broaden the scope of its claims.
The SEC’s updated legal filings now list an additional range of tokens as securities, including Axie Infinity’s Axie Infinity Shards
AXS, Filecoin, Cosmos, The Sandbox’s, and Decentraland’s MANA
The development follows the continued pattern of the SEC’s ongoing efforts to regulate the crypto industry and classify digital assets as securities.
Related: US diplomats pressure Nigeria to release detained Binance ex"
No, Binance Founder CZ Isn’t Free—But He Is in an LA Halfway House
Ignore the Crypto Twitter hype: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ) remains in custody, though he has been moved from prison.
https://decrypt.co/245991/no-binance-founder-cz-isnt-free-la-halfway-house
As Changpeng Zhao would be the first to scold anyone sharing misinformation, one must always remember the number four—and that’s always been exactly how many months, from late May, the beleaguered Binance founder must serve in the U.S. prison system for violating American money laundering laws.
Tell that to Crypto Twitter users, though, who mistakenly and prematurely celebrated the crypto entrepreneur’s freedom on Thursday. In reality, Zhao is set to be released on September 29, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The confusion may have been caused in part by the fact that Zhao appears to have been transferred this week from a minimum security prison in Southern California to RRM Long Beach, a residential program that prepares inmates approaching the ends of their sentences for re-entry into society.
RRMs, or residential reentry management offices, are often colloquially referred to as “halfway houses.”
Ignore the Crypto Twitter hype: Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ) remains in custody, though he has been moved from prison.
https://decrypt.co/245991/no-binance-founder-cz-isnt-free-la-halfway-house
As Changpeng Zhao would be the first to scold anyone sharing misinformation, one must always remember the number four—and that’s always been exactly how many months, from late May, the beleaguered Binance founder must serve in the U.S. prison system for violating American money laundering laws.
Tell that to Crypto Twitter users, though, who mistakenly and prematurely celebrated the crypto entrepreneur’s freedom on Thursday. In reality, Zhao is set to be released on September 29, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The confusion may have been caused in part by the fact that Zhao appears to have been transferred this week from a minimum security prison in Southern California to RRM Long Beach, a residential program that prepares inmates approaching the ends of their sentences for re-entry into society.
RRMs, or residential reentry management offices, are often colloquially referred to as “halfway houses.”
If you read the news about Binance and CZ even before the fine and jail time, there were money laundering charges in the case. But after the settlement with the government and the fine, the list of charges against CZ has shrunk a lot.
I don't understand anything about US law, so my opinion will be weak. But I read some charge sheets and both Binance and CZ are accused of violating the RICO law.
In my country, there is a procedure that first there is a criminal trial that establishes the culprits and that becomes the basis for the victims to pay damages in a civil trial.
In this case there is a criminal charge in the civil process.
I don't understand anything about US law, so my opinion will be weak. But I read some charge sheets and both Binance and CZ are accused of violating the RICO law.
In my country, there is a procedure that first there is a criminal trial that establishes the culprits and that becomes the basis for the victims to pay damages in a civil trial.
In this case there is a criminal charge in the civil process.
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He is never going to get out of jail and he is never going to get away from extortion by the SEC. They will be using proxies like this one to contain him and control him as he is the owner of the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. This is happening because he agreed to face the court if he had not then he would have been a free man and would still have control of the exchange. Unless he understands and agrees to the expectations of the US government, he will continue to face such lawsuits.
What are the terms that CZ refused to agree with SEC that will make these lawsuits be coming after him? I perceive CZ to be a wise guy and so, he should have a way to play himself out of this lingering mess. Maybe it's late now...
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He is never going to get out of jail and he is never going to get away from extortion by the SEC. They will be using proxies like this one to contain him and control him as he is the owner of the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. This is happening because he agreed to face the court if he had not then he would have been a free man and would still have control of the exchange. Unless he understands and agrees to the expectations of the US government, he will continue to face such lawsuits.
https://u.today/ex-binance-ceo-cz-facing-new-lawsuit-details
Ex-Binance CEO CZ Facing New Lawsuit: Details
"Cryptocurrency giant Binance and former CEO Changpeng Zhao have been slapped with a new class action lawsuit that alleges consumer harm due to the exchange's money-laundering activities in a Seattle federal court. The class action lawsuit accuses the defendants of putting profits before the law since they allegedly generated substantial amounts of proceeds by allowing bad actors to make their funds untraceable. Otherwise, they would have to look over their proverbial shoulders since the authorities would be able to track down their crypto. The plaintiffs have alleged that Binance acted as a depository for ill-gotten funds that were obtained by nefarious actors as the result of hacks, theft, malware, and ransomware. "
Ex-Binance CEO CZ Facing New Lawsuit: Details
"Cryptocurrency giant Binance and former CEO Changpeng Zhao have been slapped with a new class action lawsuit that alleges consumer harm due to the exchange's money-laundering activities in a Seattle federal court. The class action lawsuit accuses the defendants of putting profits before the law since they allegedly generated substantial amounts of proceeds by allowing bad actors to make their funds untraceable. Otherwise, they would have to look over their proverbial shoulders since the authorities would be able to track down their crypto. The plaintiffs have alleged that Binance acted as a depository for ill-gotten funds that were obtained by nefarious actors as the result of hacks, theft, malware, and ransomware. "
https://protos.com/when-is-binance-founder-cz-coming-out-of-prison/
"As of May 16, CZ still hadn’t entered the custody of the Bureau of Prisons and it wasn’t until a few days later that CZ, his lawyers, probation, and pretrial services offices settled on a late-May entry date.
A current check of the Bureau of Prisons database also shows that CZ isn’t at Seatac but is instead incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc II, a low-security federal prison three hours north of Los Angeles.
When will CZ (actually) leave prison?
Unless CZ’s situation changes, he won’t be leaving FCI Lompoc II on August 30. Rather, his current release date is scheduled for September 29."
"As of May 16, CZ still hadn’t entered the custody of the Bureau of Prisons and it wasn’t until a few days later that CZ, his lawyers, probation, and pretrial services offices settled on a late-May entry date.
A current check of the Bureau of Prisons database also shows that CZ isn’t at Seatac but is instead incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Lompoc II, a low-security federal prison three hours north of Los Angeles.
When will CZ (actually) leave prison?
Unless CZ’s situation changes, he won’t be leaving FCI Lompoc II on August 30. Rather, his current release date is scheduled for September 29."
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/06/14/nigeria-drops-tax-charges-against-binance-executives-family-spokesperson/
"Tax charges against Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla have been dropped by Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service.
The FIRS revised the charges so that only Binance, through its local representative, is named.
Nigeria took Binance and its executives to court to answer to money laundering and tax evasion charges after detaining its executives."
"Tax charges against Binance executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla have been dropped by Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service.
The FIRS revised the charges so that only Binance, through its local representative, is named.
Nigeria took Binance and its executives to court to answer to money laundering and tax evasion charges after detaining its executives."
@zasad@. Heehehe this is very much true. It is very difficult to understand the whole argument if this is done on the forum or on social media platforms. There are replies where you think it sarcastic or insulting but the other person was only expressing his thoughts.
In any case, it might be very difficult to tell what is hamster haircutting and what is market making. Market makers are also risking real money very much similar to traders.
In any case, it might be very difficult to tell what is hamster haircutting and what is market making. Market makers are also risking real money very much similar to traders.
@zasad@. However, it does not prove anything on the argument that CZ stole $4.32 billion from Binance's customers to pay for the fine demanded by the American government. Also, stealing billions in fiat from your customers is not very easy to hide. This would certainly imply that a high percentage if their customers are locked from withdrawals hehehehe.
The problem with our communication is that we have different mentalities and think differently. I'm not saying CZ stole anything. Each exchange sees the number of longs and shorts and can play against traders. In Russian it's called "hamster haircutting",and the more hamsters there are, the more profit the exchange makes.
Don't ask me for proof
@zasad@. However, it does not prove anything on the argument that CZ stole $4.32 billion from Binance's customers to pay for the fine demanded by the American government. Also, stealing billions in fiat from your customers is not very easy to hide. This would certainly imply that a high percentage if their customers are locked from withdrawals hehehehe.
@zasad@. What type of accusations? The accusations from the users of Binance in this forum? Also, how much of these accusations were real compared to the total withdrawals that did not have problems? I have used Binance before and I have never encountered problems with them and I am quite certain much of the users of Binance receive their cryptocoins upon withdrawal because the exchange is not steal the funds of their customers. I am also quite certain the accusations are problems on KYC. This is a very common problem in the cryptospace.
These allegations are unrelated to the forum. Binance opened Binance US in the US, which had no licences or permits to operate in the US. There were bans on trading in the US, but the exchange complied with these restrictions formally. These violations made everything exchange because the US market is the richest. And everything ended with a fine agreement and a very small jail term.
could it be true that the US government is just trying stop CZ to become one of the most powerful person in the world, although he is already powerful, they are just trying to control the person by doing all these, because that's what they do right?
@zasad@. What type of accusations? The accusations from the users of Binance in this forum? Also, how much of these accusations were real compared to the total withdrawals that did not have problems? I have used Binance before and I have never encountered problems with them and I am quite certain much of the users of Binance receive their cryptocoins upon withdrawal because the exchange is not steal the funds of their customers. I am also quite certain the accusations are problems on KYC. This is a very common problem in the cryptospace.
@zasad@. It would be very headshaking if your argument is that a regulated mainstream media news outlet that values their business license to continue operating is publishing fake articles. However, if you are telling everyone that CZ stole $4.32 billion from his own customers to personally pay this to the American government then the burden of proof is to you.
If you lost 10000 dollars in a casino, does it mean that the casino owner stole that money from you? Aren't prominent news outlets sad fakes?
They'd print it and then explain it away as a mistake.
I'm sharing my opinion, but I'm not going to prove that the crypto market is run by big manipulators.
I know there are fake news on the internet, however, how can this payment of $4.32 billion to the American government be fake news? The government would have denied that the case against Binance was not real? Does this imply that the moneylaundering case did not happen? Also, it would be much better to charge CZ with a case that he stole $4.32 billion from his customers like Sam Bamkrupt Fraud hehehehehe. This would certainly make him pay more than $4.32 billion and shutdown Binance as a scam. However, there was nothing. All of their customers can withdraw all of their money from the exchange and all of the funds are safu. Something similar cannot be said from FTX because real theft occured.
I'm too lazy to send you old links with accusations. But the first charges were much more serious than they were at trial. This shows us the venality of this justice system.
A smart businessman can always negotiate through lobbyists the amount of a fine to avoid a prison sentence. Only SBF got a big t sentence.
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This means that CZ is a businessman and SBF is a clown who performed the manipulators' tasks. No wonder he's the only one in jail. The other members of his team have either very short sentences or no charges against them.
@zasad@. It would be very headshaking if your argument is that a regulated mainstream media news outlet that values their business license to continue operating is publishing fake articles. However, if you are telling everyone that CZ stole $4.32 billion from his own customers to personally pay this to the American government then the burden of proof is to you.
If you lost 10000 dollars in a casino, does it mean that the casino owner stole that money from you? Aren't prominent news outlets sad fakes?
They'd print it and then explain it away as a mistake.
I'm sharing my opinion, but I'm not going to prove that the crypto market is run by big manipulators.
I know there are fake news on the internet, however, how can this payment of $4.32 billion to the American government be fake news? The government would have denied that the case against Binance was not real? Does this imply that the moneylaundering case did not happen? Also, it would be much better to charge CZ with a case that he stole $4.32 billion from his customers like Sam Bamkrupt Fraud hehehehehe. This would certainly make him pay more than $4.32 billion and shutdown Binance as a scam. However, there was nothing. All of their customers can withdraw all of their money from the exchange and all of the funds are safu. Something similar cannot be said from FTX because real theft occured.
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