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Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of pig butchering fraud in USA v. 299,457.4 USDC, 162.5354 USDT, 6,941.648 TRX, 1,455,143.462248 USDT, 3,032.1689461 SOL, 67.79400436 BNB, 95,336.8670150 TRX, 703.955431 ADA, and 0.54151495 ETH at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account at Binance in the name of Salaman Shahzada "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 0.17366943 Bitcoin at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Complaint in Adin Gess, Noach Newman, Maya Parizer, Natalie Sanandaji, Yoni Diller, Hagar Almog, Lishay Lavi, David Bromberg, and Ariel Ein-Gal v. BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.us; Binance Holdings Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Complaint in Leonard Licht, described as "a 75-year-old widower" residing in Texas, USA, who "was victimized by a pig butchering scheme spearheaded by a criminal syndicate based in Cambodia" v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as "a Cayman Islands corporation that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com"; BAM Trading Services, Inc., and Changpeng Zhao, described as "a Chinese-born citizen of Canada", at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands-domiciled operator of a crypto exchange founded by Changpeng Zhao, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud in accounts at Binance crypto exchange in USA v. 46.7900 USDT, 29,348.653413 USDT, and 9.9037818 BTC at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Complaint "brought by and on behalf of United States citizens who were murdered, maimed, taken hostage, or otherwise injured in unspeakable acts of terror perpetrated by Hamas and other terrorist groups in the State of Israel on October 7, 2023" in Judith Raanan, Natalie Raanan, Uri Raanan, Estate of Itay Glisko, Oren Glisko, Liat Rasel Glisko, Y.G., Ori Glisko, and Jeffrey Ludmir v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Changpeng Zhao, The Islamic Republic of Iran, and The Syrian Republic at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of an alleged fraud in which the alleged victim "received a call from a phone number with a Texas area code where another individual with a similar accent claimed to be with the "bank fraud department" and "that child pornography had been traced to her computer and they needed money to remove it" in USA v. Binance Account 505137746 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto seized from an account at Binance in the name of Rassul Alpyspayev Muratovich in USA v. 17,082.3565 Tether USD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Amended Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547258 USDT, 100.89607743 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in POA Networks Ltd., of the Cayman Islands v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands firm that "has owned and operated a centralized virtual asset exchange", and Nest Services Limited, of the Seychelles, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto associated with a "pig butchering" fraud that was seized from an account at Binance in USA v. Approximately 120,084.5390 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Class Action Complaint "for a sum exceeding one billion dollars" on behalf of "consumers who purchased unregistered securities offered or sold by Binance" that were allegedly promoted by the defendant in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Gordon Lewis v. Cristiano Ronaldo at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Director Details for Binance Holdings Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 22nd, 2023.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding funds allegedly associated with "Pig Butchering" fraud that were seized from accounts, at least one of which was "accessed by Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong-based IP addresses", in the names of Lim Hock Seng and Yicheng Wang at Binance crypto exchange in USA v. 193,169.0653 USDT, 11,146.8079 USDT, and 18.9649 BTC at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, d.b.a. Binance.com, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Plea Agreement recommending a fine of $50 million in USA v. Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Government's Memorandum Regarding Plea Proceedings recommending penalties of $4.3 billion and $50 million, respectively, in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, d.b.a. Binance.com, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "an investment fraud scam, commonly referred to as 'pig butchering', perpetrated on victims throughout the United States" that were seized from an account at Binance in the name of Wanpadet Sae-Heng, of Thailand, in USA v. 97.33604121 Bitcoin, 2,560,435.71078314 Dogecoin, 884.33368015 Ethereum, 85,843.844344 Cardano, and 884.13243271 EthereumPoW at the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

Criminal Information alleging the defendant "violated the Bank Secrecy Act by willfully causing Binance Holdings Limited to fail to 23 implement and maintain an effective anti-money laundering program" in USA v. Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Criminal Information alleging the defendant "knowingly failed to register as a money services business, willfully violated the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to implement and maintain an effective anti-money laundering program, and willfully caused violations of U.S. economic sanctions issued pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act" in USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, d.b.a. Binance.com, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Forfeiture Complaint seized from an account at Binance in the name of Hasibul Hasan "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 36,924.569515 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of alleged "pig butchering" fraud in USA v. 212883.834297 Tether seized from an account at Binance in the name of Liang Jiner at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of alleged fraud and money laundering in crypto accounts associated with Vishal Gautam and 'Sachin', described as citizens of India, in USA v. 18,469.307445 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Complaint alleging theft "through an increasingly common and sophisticated fraudulent scheme known as a “pig-butchering scam,” wherein victims such as Plaintiff are “fattened” for financial “slaughter” by tricking the victim into giving cryptocurrency to the scammer through the creation of a website designed to mimic a legitimate cryptocurrency exchange" in Michael Bullock v. Jessica Doe and John Does I-XX, all believed to be residents of Turkey, as Defendants in personam, and 119,873.29 U.S. Dollar Coin and 119,873 Tether Virtual Currency, as Defendants in rem, and BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.US; Payward Ventures Inc., d.b.a. Kraken; Circle Internet Financial LLC, d.b.a. Circle, and Tether Operations Limited, d.b.a. Tether, of the British Virgin Islands, as Relief Defendants and Garnishees, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "obtained by agents with the United States Secret Service during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 0.4157802 Bitcoin and 90,922.262837 Tether seized from an account in the name of Ram Kumar at Binance crypto exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto "obtained by agents with the United States Secret Service (“USSS”) during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an exploitation of elderly and social engineering scam" in USA v. 50,471.58 Tether that was seized from a crypto account in the name of Guo Baokun at Binance crypto exchange, filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding crypto that was seized from an account in the name of Pan Zhimin at Binance crypto exchange "during an investigation into a transnational criminal organization running an investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 44,799.79 Tether at the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Class Action Complaint "against Defendants for injury under unfair competition and violations of Security Exchange Commission laws for attempts to monopolize the cryptocurrency platform market by hurting the competitor trading platforms operated by the FTX Entities" in Nir Lahav v. Binance Holdings Limited, described as a Cayman Islands crypto firm based in China; BAM Trading Services Inc., BAM Management US Holdings Inc., and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a cryptocurrency fraud scheme operating out of Southeast Asia and China" in USA v. Crypto seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Duean Phikunkaew, a citizen of Thailand; Varat Vitthayanuwat, a citizen of Thailand; Jiang Changsen, a citizen of China, and Wang Xuewen, a citizen of China, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled crypto exchange Binance in USA v. 303,992.547 USDT, 100.896 BNB, and 108,551.008 USDT at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of fraud that were seized from accounts at Cayman Islands-domiciled Binance Holdings Ltd. in the names of Martins Eromosele Iyere, Olawumi Stephen Adewale, and Moses Olumide Sokale in USA v. 0.40401694 Bitcoin, 59,911.36 Tether, 9,128.847 Tether, 1,346.37 Decentraland, 1,039.6163 Curvedao, 14,690.894 Zillqa, 5.5550225 Avalanche, and 14,534,916 Shiba Inu at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Complaint alleging conversion and unjust enrichment regarding the freezing of an account due to a criminal investigation in Spain concerning "a failed Initial Coin Offering launched by Nimbus Platform" in Kirill Medvedev, of Miami, Florida, USA v. Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands, and BAM Trading Services Inc., described as a Delaware company based in Miami, Florida, USA, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of a $170,000 crypto scam against an "84-year-old victim" in USA v. Virtual Currency Seized from Binance User ID 178147165, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding virtual assets seized from accounts at Binance crypto exchange in the names of Kosit Sisawigon and Suradet Totsaponvised, both in Thailand, and Low Li Yu, in Malaysia, that "was swindled from victims through the course of an investment fraud scam" in USA v. 5,012,294.90 in TetherUS, 75,589,553.41 in Gala, 226.81 in BNB, 1,264.16 in Bitcoin, 1,495.72 in Litentry, 48,969 in Fantom, 47.17 in Ethereum, and 501.41 in BUSD at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the proceeds of an alleged fraud by someone pretending to be from 'Microsoft technical support' and laundering via crypto in USA v. Any and All Virtual Currency, Funds, Monies, and other things of value stored in or accessible at Binance associated with User ID 165978850 at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Public Notice by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission that it has deleted Binance Cyprus Ltd. from the "Register of Service Providers of Crypto-assets" because "it has not provided services on Crypto-assets for a continuous period of six months".

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged proceeds of "a business email compromise fraud scheme" in which a "victim" allegedly lost $400,000 in USA v. 18.836 BTC seized from a Binance account at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding the alleged "proceeds of a cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme" in USA v. 87,637.00 USDT seized from a Binance account at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

First Amended Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore v. Changpeng Zhao, Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware, USA; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, USA; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; Paxos Trust Company LLC, of New York, USA; Jimmy Butler, described as "a star basketball player for the Miami Heat", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

SEC's Emergency Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Binance Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, and Changpeng Zhao, described in the complaint as a citizen of Canada residing in Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Osterer in BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.US, of Delaware, and Binance Holdings Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, of the Cayman Islands, at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint alleging "Defendants' blatant disregard of the federal securities laws and the investor and market protections these laws provide" in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Binance Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; BAM Management US Holdings Inc., of Delaware, and Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Amended Class Action Complaint in Louis Zhao v. Eqonex Limited, described as “a Singapore-domiciled digital assets financial services company”; Binance Group, described as “the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider”; Bitfinity UAB, described as “a payments technology company, incorporated in the Republic of Lithuania”; Jonathan Farnell, Daniel Ling, Almira Gemmell, Yu Helen Hai, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Class Action Complaint in Louis Zhao v. Eqonex Limited, described as "a Singapore-domiciled digital assets financial services company"; Binance Group, described as "the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider"; Bitfinity UAB, described as "a payments technology company, incorporated in the Republic of Lithuania"; Jonathan Farnell, Daniel Ling, Almira Gemmell, Yu Helen Hai, and Changpeng Zhao at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. Three Accounts at a crypto exchange operated by Binance Holdings Limited that are allegedly associated with "the theft of approximately $10 million in cryptocurrency by Sun Hao, Song Shijie Null, Cheng Han Hsieh, Chun Li Tsao, and potentially others through a wire fraud scheme", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Amended Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. 65.08094134 Bitcoin, 247653.48461442 United States Dollar Tether, 9.1345 Ethereum, 25000.461 Unites States Dollar Tether, 1.00000785 Bitcoin, and 3.00992637 Ethereum that "were seized from Binance accounts utilized by a Money Laundering Organization based in Mexico to transmit the proceeds of international drug trafficking", at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Class Action Complaint in Michael Sizemore, Mikey Vongdara, and Rudy Vazquez v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai, UAE; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland; BAM Trading Services Inc., of Delaware; Jimmy Butler, a professional basketball player; Graham Stephan, described as "a YouTube star with over 4.1 million subscribers to his YouTube pages", and Ben Armstrong, described as "a YouTuber with more than 1.5 million subscribers to his YouTube page", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint regarding "the world’s largest centralized digital asset exchange" in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Changpeng Zhao, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Dubai; Binance Holdings Limited, of the Cayman Islands; Binance Holdings (IE) Limited, of Ireland; Binance (Services) Holdings Limited, of Ireland, and Samuel Lim, described as a resident of Singapore, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Forfeiture Complaint regarding assets allegedly associated with fraud and money laundering in USA v. 32,133.63 Tether seized from an account at Binance held in the name of Koriya Aveshbhai Hanifbhai at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.