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Docs: Binance investigators found accounts, including of a VIP Chinese trader and a suspected Iranian gold smuggler, that helped move $1B to Iran-linked groups

In early 2025, an embattled Iranian regime was turning increasingly to crypto in order to thwart sanctions choking its economy.

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  • @wildebees Wessel van Rensburg on bluesky
    $439 million moved by a single 79-year-old Chinese VIP to Iran-linked wallets triggered zero immediate compliance alerts at Binance.  Only flagged months later when Seychelles authorities raised terrorism financing concerns.  But Trump pardoned Binance's founder.  [embedded post]