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It appears that allegations of fraud are not just subject to major world banks – cryptocurrency exchanges have also been joining the list of turning a blind eye to extensive money laundering. According to a recent Reuters report, US prosecutors have officially charged the founders of cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX of purposely disregarding US laws surrounding money laundering. BitMEX founders Samuel Reed, Arthur Hayes, Gregory Dwyer, and Benjamin Delo have all been charged by the Department of Justice for conspiring to, and violating the federal Bank Secrecy Act. According to a Manhattan federal court indictment, the defendants have allegedly deliberately failed...