United States v. Binance Holdings Limited, d/b/a Binance.com
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DOJ records show Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to causing Binance to fail to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program and was sentenced April 30, 2024 to four months and a $50 million fine; Binance's separate $4.3 billion corporate resolution is not attributed to Zhao personally. DOJ later records Trump's 2025 pardon.
Zhao pleads guilty and receives a four-month sentence before the Trump pardon · Historical conviction; later pardoned by Trump · reviewed 2026-09-03