Founder of Binance Sentenced to Four Months in Prison: Will Become the Richest Person to Go to Jail in the US

Ismail R.
3 min readMay 1, 2024

Binance founder, Changpeng Zhao, has been sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating US anti-money laundering laws. The sentence was handed down this Tuesday in Seattle by federal district judge Richard Jones. The 47-year-old entrepreneur was not immediately taken into custody…

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Ismail R.

Early passion for computers led to a professional focus on aligning business with IT. Balancing academic and practical experience, especially in cybersecurity.