Changpeng Zhao

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Director Details for BAM Management Company Limited, obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on June 5th, 2023.

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.

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.

Chinese-Canadian crypto exchange boss Changpeng Zhao has applied to take discovery from Bloomberg news service in New York for use in a defamation complaint he filed in Hong Kong against one of its local affiliates following the publication of an article whose Chinese headline allegedly translates to "Zhao Changpeng's Ponzi Scheme".

Application by Changpeng Zhao to take discovery from Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Inc. for use in a defamation complaint in Hong Kong against Modern Media Company Limited, of Hong Kong, regarding an article that allegedly "contained false, malicious and defamatory statements about Zhao and his company, Binance Holdings Limited", a cryptocurrency exchange operator that is domiciled in the Cayman Islands, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Notice of Removal of a Class Action Complaint alleging unjust enrichment and violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in Kamil Kuplineski, a resident of Illinois v. Binance Capital Management Co. Ltd., d.b.a. Binance, described as a cryptocurrency exchange that is domiciled in the British Virgin Islands after being "initially founded in China" before moving to Japan, then Malta, and denying it was domiciled in the Cayman Islands; BAM Trading Services, d.b.a. Binance US, described as a Delaware company based in San Francisco, and Jumio Corporation at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Class Action Complaint in Ryan Cox v. CoinMarketCap OpCo LLC, described as Delaware company that operates "a coin ranking site"; Binance Capital Management Co. Ltd., d.b.a. Binance and Binance.com, described as the operator of "a cryptocurrency exchange"; BAM Trading Services Inc., d.b.a. Binance.us; Changpeng Zhao, apparently a citizen of Canada and China; Catherine Coley, Yi He, and Ted Lin at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Complaint alleging "the laundering of stolen cryptocurrency" in Zaif Inc., described as "a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange" v. Binance Holdings Ltd., a Cayman Islands company described as "a 'go-to' location for cybercriminals to convert purloined cryptocurrency to other cryptocurrency or cash", and BAM Trading Services Inc. at the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco.

Cayman Islands-domiciled cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings is suing U.S.-based news provider Forbes and two of its reporters for defamation over a recent article headlined "Leaked 'Tai Chi' Document Reveals Binance's Elaborate Scheme To Evade Bitcoin Regulators".

Director Details for Binance Holdings Limited obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on November 19th, 2020.

The cryptocurrency industry had its own 'Red Wedding' at federal court in Manhattan yesterday when 11 class action complaints alleging the sale of unregistered securities were filed against 42 defendants in the BVI, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Estonia, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Malta, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA, and Vietnam.

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities involving digital tokens known as EOS, BNT, SNT, QSP, KNC, TRX, FUN, ICX, OMG, LEND, ELF, and CVC in Eric Lee and Chase Williams v. Binance, described as the Malta-domiciled "largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, with a market capitalization of $1.3 billion"; Changpeng Zhao, described as a resident of Taiwan; Yi He, described as a resident of Malta, and Roger Wang, described as a resident of Malta, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Steven Cody Reynolds, a resident of Oregon described as "an experienced investor in cryptocurrencies" v. Binance Holdings Ltd., described as "a Cayman Islands limited company with headquarters in the Republic of Malta", at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The financial regulator in Liechtenstein has warned that LCX AG, the "Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange" that describes itself as "A Blockchain Bank For The New Financial World", is not licensed to offer financial services. LCX is operated by Monty Metzger and lists Canadian blockchain proponent Don Tapscott and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales among its "Advisors".

Registers of Members and Directors & Officers of Binance (Bermuda) Ltd., as of August 17th, 2018, obtained by OffshoreAlert from the company's registered agent, Conyers Corporate Services (Bermuda) Limited, in 2018.