“Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, could be released on Friday, two days ahead of his scheduled release date of September 29th (Sunday), according to an interpretation of the law.”, — write: www.coindesk.com
- CZ was sentenced to four months in prison in April after
pleading guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act by failing to set up an adequate know-your-customer (KYC) program at Binance.
- “We are delighted that CZ will be home with his family. While he is not managing or operating Binance, we are excited to see what he does next,” a Binance spokesperson said.
Edited by Parikshit Mishra.
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