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Read more: Binance France Replaces Changpeng Zhao With New Shareholders Holding 50% Shares
The public statement appears to confirm that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao can now leave the United States and return to Dubai despite his recent legal trouble.
Zhao had been released from a low-security California correctional facility on September 27 after serving four months of time. He earlier pleaded guilty to charges including not doing enough to prevent criminal activity through Binance’s platform.
As a result of the settlement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice, Zhao paid out a collective $100 million in fines and penalties to the DOJ and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Taking it one step further, in November, Zhao resigned as Binance’s CEO and gave up the leadership role within the company.
Early reports indicated that Zhao faced a three-year ban from seeking to return to Binance. Later reports from Axios show the ban is, in fact, permanent, and he is never to take up an executive role at the cryptocurrency exchange again. The company itself suffered even more significant financial repercussions, reaching a settlement with U.S. authorities for $4.3 billion of the largest fines levied in corporate history.
Despite its global prominence as one of the most extensive cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance has faced mounting regulatory pressure across the world, particularly in the United States. These present challenges have culminated in some serious legal ramifications against it and its founder.
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