The exchange revealed that it has geared up screening sanctioned subjects and their relatives who may continue to use its services.
Binance has stepped up its measure in compliance with sanctions against senior Russian officials and their direct relatives by terminating several accounts linked to the top officials responsible for the war against Ukraine. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao restated the importance of implementing such legal obligations to live up to the company’s commitments.
The list of Russian individuals being blocked from accessing Binance’s services includes Polina Kovaleva, the stepdaughter of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Kirill Malofeyev, the son of Konstantin Malofeyev, a Russian oligarch who has been sanctioned by the US, EU, and Canada since 2014. CZ“against war, not the people,” commenting on the company’s proactive move of terminating Peskova’s account.
Binance’s global head of sanctions, Chagri Poyraz, has expressed his support for such a move taken by Binance to further prevent sanctioned entities and individuals from accessing its platform. According to Bloomberg’s reportage, he noted that the company had strengthened its arm for monitoring people associated with sanctioned subjects.
“What’s different is that our compliance screen operations are ‘proactive,’ aiming to detect and deter financial crime risk before any regulatory or legal action towards these individuals or entities.”As the largest crypto exchange by trading volume, Binance’s latest action against accounts tied to Kremlin’s top officials has demonstrated that major centralized platforms are acting in compliance with legal requirements imposed by governments.
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