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US prosecutors recommend minimum 1 year prison sentence for BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes

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May 13, 2022
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U.S. Prosecutors have actually submitted a sentencing suggestion in the event versus BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes looking for minimum one-year jail time.

The prosecutors sent the sentence suggestion to U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan on May 12.

This recommendation follows Hayes pled guilty to breaching the U.S. bank secrecy law. His sentencing is set for later on in May. Before this, Hayes signed a plea offer consenting to serve 6 to 12 months in prison. The plea offer likewise included him paying a $10 million fine.

Before accepting the plea offer, Hayes confronted 5 years in prison for each count of his October 2020 indictment.

However, the prosecution stated:

There is no concern that this case has actually been exceptionally carefully enjoyed in the cryptocurrency market. Compliance by cryptocurrency platforms will be unattainable if their operators think there are no significant consequences for stopping working to abide by the law.

Before this, Hayes’ attorneys asked for that he serve no prison time. Additionally, they attracted Judge Koeltl to let Hayes live abroad and take a trip easily.

Justifying their suggestion, Hayes’ attorneys argued that:

This is a landmark case that has currently had a remarkable and well-publicized effect on Mr. Hayes’s individual life and the BitMEX organization that he co-founded.

On the other hand, the probation workplace stated Hayes ought to be provided a 2-year probation sentence.

BitMEX co-founders attempted to avert regulative examination

According to the prosecutors, Hayes and his co-defendants, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed, likewise BitMEX co-founders, did not incorporate programs to avoid cash laundering into BitMEX. Additionally, the prosecutors declared that the trio developed BitMEX in Seychelles to evade regulative examination.

BitMEX rejected the accusations in the beginning. However, a group of companies that ran the exchange accepted pay $100 million to end claims that they made it possible for prohibited trades for years. Moreover, BitMEX stated it had actually boosted its compliance program and would be pleased to move beyond the examinations.

Delo and Reed likewise accepted pay $10 million each. Their sentencing hearings are set for June 15 and July 13, respectively. 

Unlike BitMEX’s co-founders, Gregory Dwyer, the exchange’s very first staff member and previous Head of Business Development, decreased charges versus him. His trial is set for August 2022.

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