唐纳德·特朗普总统已向Bitmex加密货币交易所的三位创始人授予了赦免

华盛顿 - 据熟悉宽大处理的消息人士称，唐纳德·特朗普总统已将赦免给了Bitmex加密货币交易所的三个创始人。

President Donald Trump has granted pardons to three founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, according to a source familiar with the clemency.

一位熟悉宽大处理的消息人士称，唐纳德·特朗普总统已向Bitmex加密货币交易所的三名创始人授予了赦免。

The co-founders – Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed – previously pleaded guilty in 2022 to one count each of violating the Bank Secrecy Act for flouting money laundering rules and failing to police the exchange. Trump signed the pardons Thursday without publicizing the action.

联合创始人 - 亚瑟·海斯（Arthur Hayes），本杰明·德洛（Benjamin Delo）和塞缪尔·里德（Samuel Reed）曾在2022年认罪，每项违反《银行保密法》（Bank Secrecy Act）的一项罪名，以违反了洗钱规则，未能向交易所监管交易所。特朗普周四签署了赦免，但没有公开诉讼。

BitMEX was fined $100 million in January for violating the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully failing to establish, implement, and maintain an adequate anti-money laundering and know-your-customer program.

Bitmex在一月份因违反《银行保密法》而被罚款1亿美元，因为他们故意未能建立，实施和维护足够的反洗钱和知道自己的客户计划。

Delo issued a statement Friday saying the Justice Department "wrongfully targeted BitMEX and its co-founders." Delo also expressed his gratefulness to Trump for the pardon.

Delo周五发表声明说，司法部“错误地针对Bitmex及其联合创始人”。德洛还对特朗普对赦免表示感谢。

“This full and unconditional pardon by President Trump is a vindication of the position we have always held – that BitMEX, my co-founders and I should never have been charged with a criminal offense through an obscure, antiquated law," Delo said. “As the most successful crypto exchange of its kind, we were wrongfully made to serve as an example, sacrificed for political reasons and used to send inconsistent regulatory signals.”

德洛说：“特朗普总统的这种充分而无条件的赦免是对我们一直担任的立场的证明 - 比特梅克斯，我和我的联合创始人和我永远不应该通过一项晦涩的，过时的法律被指控犯有刑事犯罪。” “作为同类加密货币的最成功交流，我们被错误地作为一个例子，出于政治原因而牺牲，并用来发送不一致的监管信号。”

"A legal wrong has been righted today and despite the distress I have been through over the past few years I’m pleased to have cleared my name and to be able to continue my life and philanthropic work without the burden of an unfounded conviction," Delo added.

Delo补充说：“今天的法律错误已经纠正了，尽管过去几年我感到困扰，但我很高兴清除我的名字，并能够继续我的生活和慈善工作，而没有毫无根据的信念。”

Hayes posted a note on social media saying "thank you" to Trump.

海耶斯在社交媒体上发布了一张笔记，对特朗普说“谢谢”。

Federal prosecutors had said as cryptocurrencies proliferate, companies engaged in the virtual economy become critical gatekeepers to ensure markets are fair, efficient and secure. Then-U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said the founders of Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange, nicknamed BitMEX, failed to implement even basic anti-money laundering policies.

联邦检察官曾表示，随着加密货币的繁殖，从事虚拟经济的公司成为关键的守门人，以确保市场公平，高效和安全。当时的律师达米安·威廉姆斯（Damian Williams）说，比特币商业交易所的创始人（绰号Bitmex）也未能实施基本的反洗钱政策。

“They allowed BitMEX to operate as a platform in the shadows of the financial markets,” Williams said.

威廉姆斯说：“他们允许Bitmex在金融市场的阴影中作为平台运行。”

BitMEX is an online cryptocurrency derivatives exchange that served thousands of U.S. customers, according to court records. From at least September 2015 through the indictment of the founders in September 2020, the company "was in effect a money laundering platform," according to court records.

根据法庭记录，BITMEX是一种在线加密货币衍生品交易所，为数千个客户提供服务。根据法庭记录，从至少2015年9月开始对创始人起诉，该公司“实际上是洗钱平台”。

The company’s website advertised that “no real name or other advanced verification is required on BitMEX,” according to court records. Reed wrote an email in August 2015 that BitMEX’s advantages included “the freedom to create an account without onerous KYC requirements,” referring to the federal requirements to “know your customer.”

法庭记录显示，该公司的网站宣传“ Bitmex上不需要真实姓名或其他高级验证”。里德（Reed）在2015年8月写了一封电子邮件，即Bitmex的优势包括“创建一个没有繁重的KYC要求的帐户的自由”，指的是联邦要求“了解您的客户”。

Reed was notified in May 2018 of allegations that BitMEX was being used to launder the proceeds of a cryptocurrency hack, prosecutors said in court records. But neither Reed nor the company filed a suspicious activity report with the Treasury Department.

检察官在法庭记录中说，Reed在2018年5月被通知，指控Bitmex被用来洗牌加密货币黑客的收益。但是里德和公司均未向财政部提交可疑活动报告。

Hayes of Miami and Delo of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong each pleaded guilty in February 2022 to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Each agreed to pay a $10 million fine. Reed pleaded guilty in March 2022 to the same crime and agreed to the same penalty.

迈阿密的海耶斯和英国的德洛和香港在2022年2月对违反《银行保密法》的一项罪名认罪。每个人都同意支付1000万美元的罚款。里德在2022年3月对同一罪行表示认罪，并同意同样的罚款。

Hayes was sentenced in May 2022 to two years of probation, with the first six months in home detention. Delo was sentenced in June 2022 to 30 months of probation. Reed was sentenced in July 2022 to 18 months of probation.

海耶斯于2022年5月被判刑两年，最初六个月被拘留。德洛于2022年6月被判刑至30个月。里德于2022年7月被判刑至18个月。

Prosecutors disagreed with the sentences, arguing that they should have been above the federal guidelines applied in the case because of the seriousness of the crimes.

检察官不同意这些判决，认为由于犯罪的严重性，他们应该超出该案中适用的联邦准则。