Ngomhla zingama-26 kuNdasa, 2024, incwadi yecala eyethulwe nguMnyango Wezobulungiswa (i-DOJ) ikhokhise imakethe ye-crypto evelele i-KuCoin, kanye nabasunguli bayo u-Chun Gan no-Ke Tang. Izinsolo ze-DOJ ziphathelene netulo lokwephula uMthetho Wokufihla Kwamabhange (i-BSA) nokusebenza ngaphandle kwelayisensi efanele njengesevisi yokudlulisa imali, kwaqalwa izinyathelo zomthetho Esifundeni EsiseNingizimu yaseNew York. Ngasikhathi sinye, i-US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) iqale isenzo esihlukile sokuqinisa umthetho ngokumelene ne-KuCoin nezinhlangano zayo ezixhumene nayo, ibala ukwephulwa okuningana kwe-Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) kanye neminye imithetho ye-CFTC.

Izinkinga ezinjalo zezibuko zigcwele ngaphakathi komkhakha we-crypto, oboniswa amacala adlule ahilela Binance futhi BitMEX. Ummeli waseMelika uDamian Williams ugcizelele ukuthweswa icala njengesixwayiso esiqinile kwezinye izimakethe ze-crypto mayelana nokunamathela emithethweni yase-US. Uthe ukuthobela imithetho yalabo ababhekelela amaklayenti aseMelika akuxoxiswana ngakho.

Njengenkundla eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke, i-KuCoin iphakathi kwezindawo ezinhlanu ezihamba phambili zokuhwebelana nge-crypto emhlabeni jikelele ngamamethrikhi afana nethrafikhi yabasebenzisi, umthamo wokuhweba, njalonjalo. I-exchange, eyethulwe ngo-2017 ngu-Gan no-Tang, isebenza ngezinhlangano eziningi ezifana neFlashdot Limited, Peken Global Limited, kanye ne-PhoenixFin Private Limited, zonke eziqanjwe ecaleni le-DOJ. I-KuCoin idume ngokungabi namali namanani okuhweba kuzo zonke izinto eziphuma kuzo, i-KuCoin idume ngamakhasimende ayo angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-30 emazweni angu-207, nezibalo zayo zokuhweba zansuku zonke zidlula amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.8, ihlinzeka ngenqwaba yama-cryptocurrencies angaphezu kuka-700 kanye nezinhlobo zemali ezingaphezu kuka-50 ezitholakalayo. ukuhweba.

Icala lipenda i-KuCoin njengenkundla eyagwema ngamabomu ukusungula noma yiluphi uhlobo lwezivumelwano zokulwa nokushushumbiswa kwemali (AML). Kuze kube maphakathi no-2023, i-KuCoin ibingadingi noma yikuphi ukuhlonza okuvela kubasebenzisi bayo ngale kwekheli le-imeyili lokusetha i-akhawunti. Ngaphandle kwesistimu yokuqinisekisa umazisi 'ongakukhetha', i-United States ayizange ifakwe ngisho ohlwini njengezwe elikhethwayo. I-DOJ yembula ukuthi i-KuCoin yayilazi kahle ikhasimende layo lase-US, iqapha amakheli e-IP nokuziphatha kokungena ngemvume.

Isimo sikaKuCoin sokungadingi izinqubo zokwazi ikhasimende lakho (i-KYC) sakhuthazwa kakhulu ku-inthanethi. Ngokwesibonelo, ngo-April 2022, lapho umzamo wekhasimende wase-US wokuqedela ukuqinisekiswa kokuzithandela kwe-KYC uhluleka, isevisi yamakhasimende ka-KuCoin yabonisa ngenkundla yezokuxhumana ukuthi i-KYC ibingeyona impoqo kubasebenzisi base-US. Lokhu kubonakala kuyimpendulo evamile enikezwe i-KuCoin kuwo wonke amapulatifomu omphakathi ahlukahlukene.

Amadokhumenti ahlanganisa isigameko esiphawulekayo lapho umsebenzisi, ngemuva kokuhweba kwe-margin okuhlulekile, esongela isinyathelo somthetho ngokumelene ne-KuCoin, eveza indawo yakhe njenge-US, okwaholela ekushintsheni ngokushesha ukuvala i-akhawunti yakhe ngemuva kokuyibhalisa ngaphansi kwe-imeyili entsha.

Abashushisi bagomela ukuthi ukuntuleka kwenkuthalo kwe-KuCoin kwenza kwaba isiteshi esivamile sokudlulisa izimali ezixhunywe emisebenzini yobugebengu. I-DOJ isola ukushintshaniswa kokuphatha izigidigidi zamadola ahlobene nemizamo engekho emthethweni. Kuphinde kwaphawulwa ukuthi le nkundla ibe nokuhwebelana ngezimali neTornado Cash, okuyibhizinisi esohlwini lwe-OFAC SDN, ngaphandle kokubika imisebenzi esolisayo kwa-FinCEN.

Uhlelo lwe-AML oluyisisekelo aluzange lucatshangelwe ngabakwaKuCoin baze baziswe ngophenyo olusemthethweni ngoMeyi 2023. Naphezu kwalokhu, izinyathelo zabo ezisetshenzisiwe, njengeMigomo Yesevisi ebuyekeziwe kanye nenqubo eyisibopho ye-KYC yababhalisile abasha kuphela, zahlala zingasebenzi ekugcwalisekeni. Amazinga e-BSA nasekuvimbeleni abasebenzisi base-US ekuhwebeni.

Ephendula ekuvezweni kwecala, i-KuCoin yabhekana nokuphuma, nempahla engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-800 zamaRandi ahoxisiwe ekuhwebeni phakathi nosuku.