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Ex-BitMEX CEO sentenced over money laundering compliance failure

Prosecutors said that Hayes made himself rich by closely studying — then studiously ignoring — US anti-money-laundering laws and regulations

Arthur Hayes, a co-founder and former chief executive of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX, has been sentenced to serve six months of house arrest for violating US law by failing to establish a compliant anti-money-laundering programme.

Hayes, who was sentenced at a hearing in federal court in Manhattan on 20 May, also was ordered to serve two years probation. He already has paid a $10m penalty in connection with a settlement with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

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