CFTC Requires Trading Platform to Pay $990K for Illegal Bitcoin-Related Transactions
Cointelegraph
Published Mar 11, 2019 04:17PM ET
CFTC Requires Trading Platform to Pay $990K for Illegal Bitcoin-Related Transactions
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced Monday, March 11, that international securities dealer 1pool Ltd. and its CEO Patrick Brunner must pay a total of $990,000 for illicit Bitcoin (BTC) transactions with U.S. customers.
The Marshall Islands-based startup, which was offering BTC-funded security-based swaps, and its owner have been fined for illegally offering BTC-margined retail commodity transactions to U.S. investors. Moreover, the CFTC states that 1pool Ltd. failed to register as a futures commission merchant and did not comply with the required Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures.
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