BitMEX ex-CEO Arthur Hayes, a Singapore resident, surrenders to face US charges

BitMEX ex-CEO Arthur Hayes, a Singapore resident, surrenders to face US charges Posted on 04/07/2021 NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) - Former BitMEX chief executive officer Arthur Hayes turned himself in to face US charges that he failed to take steps to prevent the pioneering cryptocurrency exchange he co-founded from being used for money laundering. A Singapore resident who is reportedly married to a Singapore citizen, Hayes on Tuesday (April 6) surrendered to US authorities in Hawaii, six months after federal prosecutors in New York accused him and his BitMEX co-founders of conspiring to skirt US laws requiring the implementation of money-laundering…