美國司法部起訴庫幣及其創始人洗錢

司法部起訴加密貨幣交易所 KuCoin 及其兩名創辦人違反反洗錢法。檢察官指控 KuCoin 創辦人 Chun Gan 和 Ke Tang 經營無牌匯款業務，未能維持反洗錢計劃，導致 KuCoin 被用於洗錢和恐怖主義融資。起訴書還指控庫幣故意隱瞞美國用戶的存在，使其在沒有實施基本反洗錢政策的情況下成為主要的加密貨幣交易所。

Justice Department Charges KuCoin and Founders with Money Laundering Violations

司法部指控 KuCoin 及其創辦人違反洗錢規定

The Justice Department unveiled an indictment Tuesday accusing cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin and two of its founders, Chun Gan and Ke Tang, of breaching anti-money laundering statutes.

美國司法部週二公佈了一份起訴書，指控加密貨幣交易所 KuCoin 及其兩位創始人 Chun Gan 和 Ke Tang 違反反洗錢法規。

Federal prosecutors maintain that the exchange founders conspired to operate an unlicensed money transmission business and contravened the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to establish an effective anti-money laundering program. This omission allegedly allowed KuCoin to be exploited for money laundering and terrorist financing.

聯邦檢察官堅稱，交易所創始人合謀經營未經許可的匯款業務，並因未能建立有效的反洗錢計劃而違反了《銀行保密法》。據稱，這項疏忽使得庫幣被用於洗錢和恐怖主義融資。

A KuCoin representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

KuCoin 代表沒有立即回應置評請求。

The indictment alleges that KuCoin and its founders intentionally concealed the substantial volume of U.S. users trading on the platform. This concealment contributed to KuCoin's rise as one of the world's largest cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchanges, despite its lack of fundamental anti-money laundering policies.

起訴書稱，KuCoin 及其創始人故意隱瞞了該平台上大量美國用戶的交易量。儘管缺乏基本的反洗錢政策，這種隱瞞還是幫助庫幣崛起為全球最大的加密貨幣衍生性商品和現貨交易所之一。

The government asserts that since its inception in 2017, KuCoin has transacted more than $5 billion in suspicious and illicit funds. Additionally, the indictment alleges that the founders and the exchange neglected to implement proper procedures for verifying customer identities and failed to file suspicious activity reports.

政府聲稱，自 2017 年成立以來，KuCoin 已交易了超過 50 億美元的可疑和非法資金。此外，起訴書還指控創辦人和交易所忽視了驗證客戶身分的適當程序，並且未能提交可疑活動報告。

As of Tuesday, the founders had not been apprehended, as per the Justice Department.

據司法部稱，截至週二，創始人尚未被捕。

Concurrently, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a separate civil lawsuit against KuCoin and its founders, accusing them of violating trader regulations and the Bank Secrecy Act.

同時，商品期貨交易委員會對KuCoin及其創始人單獨提起民事訴訟，指控他們違反交易員法規和《銀行保密法》。

This indictment is part of an ongoing crackdown on illicit activities within the cryptocurrency industry. Regulatory bodies aim to enhance transparency and accountability in an evolving and potentially vulnerable financial ecosystem.

該起訴書是對加密貨幣產業內非法活動持續打擊的一部分。監管機構旨在提高不斷變化且可能脆弱的金融生態系統的透明度和問責制。