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Midweek Roundup: Binance Handled Billions of Dollars in Suspicious Funds, Guptas Arrested in Dubai, and More

From 2017 to 2021, Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, handled at least $2.3 billion in funds tied to hacks, investment frauds and dark web sales of narcotics, Reuters reported, citing blockchain data, court records and statements by law enforcement agencies. More Emirati authorities arrested Atul and Rajesh Gupta, two Indian businessmen wanted for fraud and money laundering in South Africa in connection with a major corruption scandal that unfolded under the rule of former President Jacob Zuma, the Financial Times reported. More U.K. lawmakers called on the British government to address the suspected use of limited partnerships in Northern...

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