KuCoin and two founders hit with money laundering charges
US DOJ has hit KuCoin and two founders with money laundering charges. KCS price fell sharply after the news. The US Justice Department has charged KuCoin and two co- founders of the Crypto exchange for operating “an unlicensed money transmitting business and for Bank Secrecy Act violations. An announcement the US released on Tuesday, March 26 indicated the US had charged Chun Gan and Ke Tang for flouting US anti-money laundering laws as they sought to grow the exchange into one of the largest in the world today. “As today’s Indictment alleges, KuCoin and its founders deliberately sought to conceal the fact that substantial numbers of U.S. users were trading on KuCoin’s platform,” US Attorney Damian Williams said in a press release. Williams added” “KuCoin allegedly took advantage of its sizeable US customer base to become one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchanges, with billion...