美国司法部起诉库币及其创始人洗钱

司法部起诉加密货币交易所 KuCoin 及其两名创始人违反反洗钱法。检察官指控 KuCoin 创始人 Chun Gan 和 Ke Tang 经营无牌汇款业务，未能维持反洗钱计划，导致 KuCoin 被用于洗钱和恐怖主义融资。起诉书还指控库币故意隐瞒美国用户的存在，使其在没有实施基本反洗钱政策的情况下成为主要的加密货币交易所。

Justice Department Charges KuCoin and Founders with Money Laundering Violations

司法部指控 KuCoin 及其创始人违反洗钱规定

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.

美国司法部周二公布了一份起诉书，指控加密货币交易所 KuCoin 及其两位创始人 Chun Gan 和 Ke Tang 违反反洗钱法规。

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.

联邦检察官坚称，交易所创始人合谋经营未经许可的汇款业务，并因未能建立有效的反洗钱计划而违反了《银行保密法》。据称，这一疏忽使得库币被用于洗钱和恐怖主义融资。

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

KuCoin 代表没有立即回应置评请求。

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.

起诉书称，KuCoin 及其创始人故意隐瞒了该平台上大量美国用户的交易量。尽管缺乏基本的反洗钱政策，这种隐瞒还是帮助库币崛起为全球最大的加密货币衍生品和现货交易所之一。

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.

政府声称，自 2017 年成立以来，KuCoin 已交易了超过 50 亿美元的可疑和非法资金。此外，起诉书还指控创始人和交易所忽视了验证客户身份的适当程序，并且未能提交可疑活动报告。

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

据司法部称，截至周二，创始人尚未被捕。

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.

与此同时，商品期货交易委员会对KuCoin及其创始人单独提起民事诉讼，指控他们违反交易员法规和《银行保密法》。

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.

该起诉书是对加密货币行业内非法活动持续打击的一部分。监管机构旨在提高不断变化且可能脆弱的金融生态系统的透明度和问责制。