Report claims that US prosecutors are investigating hedge funds in connection with Bony deals-

reports that the Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating US hedge funds, which have dealt with the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, two people familiar with the matter. The hedge funds were allegedly charged by the US public prosecutor for the Western District of Washington.

Sources say that the US Ministry of Justice is investigating American hedge funds when examining cryptocurrencies

according to a Reuters test report In mid-December 2022 that the said Binance was examined by the US Ministry of Justice, a test report from Washington Post claims that American hedge funds are examined as part of the examination. The Washington Post employee, Douglas MacMillan, explains that the hedge funds were issued to the Western District of Washington.

MacMillan quotes two sources that “checked one of the lectures and spoke on the condition of the anonymity to discuss the confidential matter”. The reporter adds that the lectures do not mean that the investigators will file charges. "The prosecutors still discuss a possible agreement with Binance and weighed whether they have enough evidence to raise charges against the company," wrote MacMillan.

The world's largest stock exchange, Binance, has a lot to do with Exam in the past two months since FTX's collapse. MacMillan spoke to Patrick Hillmann, Chief Strategy Officer von Binance, who said that the stock exchange spoke every day with "practically every regulatory authority around the world". However, Hillmann and a DOJ spokesman refused to comment on the alleged investigation.

The reference report comes at a time in which media reports about a number of reports alleged probes in crypto-asset companies and companies associated with these companies. At the end of December 2022, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported "_ Blank" href = "https://news.Bitcoin.com/report-sec-heighthens-pro-into-auditers-service-exchanges/" Rel = "noopener"> that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigates against companies that check the crypto stock exchange reserves. A large handful of the so-called investigation was not officially verified by US criminal prosecution officers, but one can certainly say that the reports make the crypto community nervous today.

Do you have any thoughts about the alleged lectures that have been issued by US hedge funds in connection with your business with Binance? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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