Money laundering
Process of concealing the origin of money
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| May 3 2025 | Appointed as an advisor to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, on the development of digital assets. |
| April 7 2025 | Zhao was appointed as a strategic adviser to the Pakistan Crypto Council (PCC), as announced in a press release by the Finance Division. |
| February 28 2025 | Caro Quintero was arraigned in federal court in New York, where he entered a plea of not guilty to charges of running a criminal enterprise and murdering DEA agent Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena. |
| February 27 2025 | Caro Quintero was extradited to the United States to face charges related to drug trafficking and the 1985 murders. |
| February 2025 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
The Philippines was removed from the grey list.
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| January 21 2025 | Ulbricht was released from a federal prison in Arizona on the same evening as his pardon. Social media photos documented his reunion with his wife and family. |
| January 21 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump granted Ross Ulbricht a full and unconditional presidential pardon, fulfilling a promise made at the Libertarian Party National Convention during the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| January 21 2025 | U.S. President Donald Trump grants Ross Ulbricht a full and unconditional pardon, ending his imprisonment. |
| January 2025 | United States Supreme Court rejected Binance's attempt to avoid a lawsuit filed by investors, who accused the company of illegally selling unregistered tokens and failing to adequately inform users of associated risks. |
| January 2025 | The seizure notice was removed from Backpage's webpage, and the domain became defunct. |
| 2024 | Citizenship in Cyprus is revoked. |
| 2024 | Clemency for Ross Ulbricht became a significant voting concern among many cryptocurrency supporters, as reported by Wired magazine. |
| December 20 2024 |
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
1MDB filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Amicorp Group and its CEO Toine Knipping in the British Virgin Islands, alleging fraud and the facilitation of fraudulent transactions between 2009 and 2014.
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| December 5 2024 | DEA increases El Mencho's bounty from US$10 million to US$15 million. |
| November 2024 | Najib Razak's lawyer claimed Low could be hiding in Myanmar under the protection of the ruling junta. |
| November 2024 | Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa, a high-ranking CJNG leader who faked his death, was arrested in Riverside, California on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. |
| November 2024 | FTX filed a lawsuit against Changpeng Zhao, Binance Holdings Ltd., and other executives, seeking to recover nearly $1.8 billion, related to a July 2021 stock repurchase transaction. |
| November 2024 | The 2024 Libertarian candidate for president, Chase Oliver, expressed his support for commuting Ross Ulbricht's sentence and stated he would grant him a full pardon if elected. |
| October 2024 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
Lebanon was added to the grey list.
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| September 2024 | Completed his prison sentence. |
| September 27 2024 | Changpeng Zhao was released from Bureau of Prisons custody after serving time related to his guilty plea. |
| August 2024 | Michael Lacey was sentenced to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $3 million fine, but was released on bond after appealing his sentence. |
| June 2024 | Agreed to forfeit more than $100 million in assets to the US Department of Justice, including a Paris luxury apartment and artwork by Claude Monet and Andy Warhol, in addition to previous forfeitures of a $120 million yacht and $1 billion. |
| June 2024 | Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a promise to pardon Ross Ulbricht if elected. |
| June 23 2024 |
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
1MDB filed a previous legal claim alleging dishonest assistance against Amicorp parties in the British Virgin Islands Court.
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| May 2024 | Presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that if re-elected President, he would commute Ulbricht's sentence on his first day in office. |
| April 2024 |
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
The two Petrosaudi managers were put on trial for their involvement in the 1MDB scandal.
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| April 2024 | Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison for his role in the money laundering charge. |
| March 10 2024 | Sworn in as the 14th President of Pakistan, becoming the first civilian to be elected for a second non-consecutive presidential term. |
| March 10 2024 | Returned to the presidency of Pakistan through a coalition agreement following the 2024 Pakistani general election. |
| March 9 2024 | Asif Ali Zardari wins presidential election with 411 votes from national and provincial assemblies, defeating Mahmood Khan Achakzai who secured 181 electoral votes. |
| March 3 2024 | Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan confirms parliamentary meeting to elect a new President of Pakistan on 9 March 2024. |
| 2023 |
Edwin Edwards
After Edwards' death, Trina remarried to Louisiana politician John Alario, who had previously served as Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives and President of the Louisiana Senate.
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| 2023 |
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
Jho Low was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in jail by Kuwaiti authorities for his involvement in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal.
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| 2023 | Changpeng Zhao agreed to resign from Binance and pay a $50 million fine as part of a guilty plea to U.S. federal charges, with Binance agreeing to plead guilty and pay $4.3 billion in fines. |
| 2023 | Speculations arose that Changpeng Zhao could be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. |
| 2023 | Released 'The Wolf of Investing', which he claims to be his ultimate strategy for making money on Wall Street. |
| November 2023 | Changpeng Zhao resigned as the CEO of Binance after pleading guilty to a money laundering charge in the United States. |
| August 2023 |
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
Prince Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud was sentenced to 17 years in prison after a trial related to the 1MDB scandal.
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| July 31 2023 | James Larkin committed suicide about a week before a scheduled trial. |
| June 2023 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
FATF released a report acknowledging Qatar's government-wide efforts to address money laundering and terrorist financing risks, highlighting improvements in law enforcement coordination and financial regulation.
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| June 2023 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Changpeng Zhao and Binance on 13 charges for alleged violations of US securities rules. |
| May 2023 | Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced collaboration with multiple countries to expedite Low's extradition, while the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) believed Low was still hiding in Macau. |
| April 25 2023 |
1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
Swiss prosecutors indicted 2 managers of Saudi oil company Petrosaudi in connection with the 1MDB scandal.
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| March 2023 | U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Kyle Mori publicly denies rumors of El Mencho's death during an interview. |
| March 27 2023 | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit against Changpeng Zhao and Binance, alleging willful evasion of US law and breaching derivatives rules. |
| February 2023 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
Morocco was removed from the grey list. Albania, the Cayman Islands, Jordan, and Panama were also removed from the list.
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| February 2023 |
Financial Action Task Force blacklist
Russia's membership in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was suspended, reducing the member nations from 40 to 39.
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| January 2023 |
Bernie Madoff
Netflix released a four-part documentary series 'Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street', directed by Joe Berlinger.
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