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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Federal prosecutors can't decide whether to hit Binance and its execs with indictments after 4 years of investigating

Changpeng Zhao, cofounder CEO of Binance (Credit: Ben McShane—Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)

The Department of Justice has been looking into Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, since 2018, but intradepartmental disagreements are delaying the investigation's conclusion, Reuters reported Monday, citing four anonymous sources.

The Binance query has to do with the crypto exchange’s compliance, or lack thereof, with U.S. anti-money-laundering laws and sanctions. The investigation followed reports of criminals using Binance to move money illicitly, according to Reuters.

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