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Dutch prosecutors have filed for bankruptcy against cryptocurrency platform Knaken and seized its assets in a criminal investigation.
According to official reports, the Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) has filed for bankruptcy proceedings against the cryptocurrency exchange Knaken Cryptohandel B.V. and its subsidiary Stichting Knaken Payments with the Rotterdam court. OM stated that the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) had previously warned that the platform was illegally providing cryptocurrency exchange and custody services without the necessary licenses. Although the platform claims to have ceased operations and is undergoing liquidation, it has currently stopped making payments to customers. OM is concerned that the liquidation process lacks order and may harm investors' interests, hence the bankruptcy filing, aiming to appoint a liquidator to take over and protect creditors' funds. Furthermore, based on the AFM's report, the Dutch Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) has launched a parallel investigation into the platform's alleged criminal activities. Law enforcement conducted multiple searches on June 29, seizing relevant digital storage devices and freezing some of the company's assets; no arrests have been made so far.
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The Bank of Korea has released a regulatory proposal suggesting that personal stablecoin transactions exceeding $10,000 should be limited to transfers from verified wallets.
According to Mars Finance, the legal team of the Bank of Korea has published a research paper titled "Regulatory Scheme for Foreign Remittance Transactions Targeting Stablecoins," proposing regulatory recommendations for large-scale stablecoin transactions. The paper, referencing current South Korean foreign exchange control regulations, proposes constraints on stablecoin transfers exceeding $10,000 between individuals, requiring such transactions to be conducted only between officially certified wallets, along with a pre-reporting mechanism. The institution acknowledges that there are technical obstacles to fully controlling unregistered wallets, but due to anti-money laundering compliance requirements, it is necessary to strengthen restrictions on large-scale cross-border stablecoin fund flows. South Korean regulators have previously repeatedly stated the need to improve the monitoring system for cross-border crypto asset transactions using non-custodial wallets; this paper further refines and implements the regulatory approach.
Brazilian police have dismantled a cryptocurrency money laundering network linked to the PCC, involving nearly $2 billion.
According to Foresight News News, Brazilian federal police launched Operation "Exchange" on Friday, targeting a criminal organization linked to the First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil's Specially Designated Global Terrorist Group (SDGT). This organization is accused of using cryptocurrency and cash to launder money and transfer illicit funds from Florida to Brazil. The operation involved 50 police officers who executed 13 search and seizure warrants and 11 provisional arrest warrants at multiple locations in São Paulo state. Authorities estimate that the criminals laundered nearly $2 billion through this money laundering scheme, mixing peer-to-peer transactions, large bank transactions, and cash transactions. However, as the investigation is ongoing, it has not yet been determined whether any exchanges were involved. On July 1, two suspects, Victor Henrique de Oliveira Shimada and Stella Stefanie Nunes Henrique de Oliveira, who were suspected of involvement in the organization, were added to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions list along with three Brazilian companies and one Portuguese company due to their affiliation with the First Capital Command (PCC).