Milestone
Bitcoin
2017
BTC-e FinCEN Civil Penalty
FinCEN assessed a $110M civil penalty against BTC-e for AML violations tied to ransomware and darknet activity.
Event date: 2017-07-26
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Key Facts
Peak metric$110M penalty
OutcomePenalty issued; operator charged
ChainBitcoin
Year2017
Typemilestone
Tags
exchange
regulation
aml
law-enforcement
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