Binance Assembles Crime Crime Investigator Team

Binance under pressure

We will see the conclusions of this investigation, but beyond this specific file, Binance must give pledges in terms of security of exchanges. It is indeed imperative to demonstrate that the platform limits money laundering and criminal activities as much as possible. However, the specificity of cryptos is to allow anonymous exchanges … In this context, Binance announced the hiring of Tigran Gambaryan and Matthew Price, two former IRS criminal research section. The first becomes Vice-President of Global Intelligence and Investigations, after having worked as a special agent on matters of national security, financing of terrorism, usurpation and distribution. Matthew Price takes on the role of Senior Director of Investigations. For the US tax authorities, he oversaw cybercrime, money laundering and financial crime investigations, and more generally participated in joint efforts to mitigate threats related to counterterrorism and counterintelligence. The hires follow recent appointments at Binance of former Europol specialist covering Dark Web investigations, Nils Andersen-Röed and former Mariposa County detective in California, Aron Akbiyikian, who also led investigations. at Chainalysis and TRM Labs. A shocking team of investigators, therefore, whose mission is not only to hunt down crypto criminals, but also to improve Binance’s image.