Sources: Binance fired employees in late 2025 who claimed to have uncovered evidence that Iran received $1B+ through Binance between March 2024 and August 2025
Fortune
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I don't know any details or who, but just reading the article, it's self contradicting 👇. One could also make a narrative “maybe they were fired because they didn't prevent it?” IF it were even true. It would also mean the 3rd party tools (the same used by law enforcement) [image…
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@robertscotthorton
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Top investigators at Binance were fired after they uncovered evidence of more than $1 bn in Tether flowing to Iranian entities through the exchange in violation of sanctions laws. Binance owners decided to buy their way out of criminal problems with crypto payments to the Trump …
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@lontorel
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Well that's fair [embedded post]
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@davidgrover
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Fired by the crypto company for uncovering evidence of money laundering at the crypto company. — The currency of the future. [embedded post]
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@wilkos
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Trust + Safety now seen as impediments rather than necessities [embedded post]
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Binance fires top investigators who claim to have uncovered evidence of Iranian sanctions violations
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Binance fires top investigators who claim to have uncovered evidence of Iranian sanctions violations
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Top investigators at Binance were fired after they uncovered evidence more than $1 billion in Tether flowed to Iranian entities in potential violation of sanctions.