Binance Official Says Exchange Has Ousted North Koreans
“We kicked their ass enough that they’re actually able to recognize that Binance was not the place for them,” said Tigran Gambaryan, head of financial crime compliance at Binance. “Binance has been fairly successful … whether it’s about how they circumvent controls or identifying the different entities or types of identification that they try to spoof.”
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