Les forces de l'ordre indiennes accusent l'échange WazirX d'avoir aidé au blanchiment de 130 millions de dollars

La Direction de l'application de la loi indienne, qui enquête sur la criminalité financière, a gelé les comptes bancaires WazirX pendant qu'elle examine les transferts des sociétés de prêt instantané vers les portefeuilles internationaux.

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The central agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently probed WazirX and froze its bank accounts worth Rs 64.67 crore.  WazirX was investigated over a money-laundering case involving an amount of Rs 2,790 crore. The crypto exchange platform, co-operated by India-headquartered Zanmai Labs and Cayman Islands-based Binance, has now reacted to the money laundering allegations.

The move means WazirX and Binance users won't be able to use the off-chain option to send crypto between the two entities. The post Binance disables off-chain transfers between itself and WazirX appeared first on The Block.

WazirX, India's largest cryptocurrency exchange, is in hot water. On Friday August 5, India's economic crime unit the Enforcement Directorate issued a freezing order on the platform's INR 64.67 Crore (US$8.1mln) of assets while it conducts an investigation into money laundering and predatory lending practices within the company.

The world's largest crypto exchange Binance on Monday said it will cease the off-chain fund transfer channel between WazirX and Binance. The move comes after some users claim that funds deposited in WazirX were managed by Binance.

Binance CEO has claimed that his firm never finalized the deal to acquire major Indian crypto exchange WazirX.  Binance Turns Away From WazirX Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has again stirred controversy with his comments about the Indian crypto exchange.

A bitter dispute about the ownership of WazirX, an Indian crypto exchange that is being probed by the nation's law enforcers over suspected money laundering allegations, has descended into a Twitter-based face-off between the Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and the WazirX Founder Nischal Shetty.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao denied that the exchange had acquired Indian crypto exchange WazirX following an AML probe on the latter. The post Binance CEO Denies Claim that the Exchange Owns WazirX appeared first on BeInCrypto.

Per a press release from India's Enforcement Directorate (ED), crypto exchange Binance is allegedly involved in a money laundering scheme created with WazirX. This entity operates as a crypto exchange platform in this country; one of its offices was raided on August 3rd, as a result of an ongoing investigation.

Binance CEO CZ has made a surprising Twitter announcement, stating that the WazirX-Binance transaction was never complete.  CZ further added that Binance does not own any equity in Zanmai Labs, the entity that operates WazirX Binance's CEO Changpeng Zhao has made surprising declarations regarding the Indian crypto exchange WazirX.

On August 5, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze the bank account of one of the directors of Zanmai Lab Private Ltd, the operator of the Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX. The post Trouble Deepens for WazirX in India as ED Raids Director & Freezes Bank Accounts appeared first on BeInCrypto.