{"id":26235,"date":"2023-12-06T23:21:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/judge-accepts-binance-ceo-czs-guilty-plea-with-sentencing-in-feb\/"},"modified":"2023-12-06T23:21:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T23:21:59","slug":"judge-accepts-binance-ceo-czs-guilty-plea-with-sentencing-in-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/judge-accepts-binance-ceo-czs-guilty-plea-with-sentencing-in-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge accepts Binance CEO CZ\u2019s guilty plea, with sentencing in Feb"},"content":{"rendered":"
A federal judge has accepted Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s guilty plea to money laundering but hasn’t decided if he can leave the United States before his February sentencing date.<\/p>\n
In a Dec. 6 filing to a Seattle District Court, Judge Richard Jones said he accepted Zhao\u2019s guilty plea to one count of Bank Secrecy Act violations, which the Binance founder submitted over two weeks ago on Nov. 21 alongside his exchange\u2019s $4.3 billion settlement with the U.S.<\/p>\n
Part of the settlement deal saw Zhao step down as CEO of Binance and pay $150 million to regulators.<\/p>\n
“This Court, having considered the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge, to which there has no timely objection […] accepts the plea of guilty,” Judge Jones wrote. “The defendant is adjudged guilty of such offense. <\/p>\n