Just-In: Binance Alleged Of Evading Russian Sanctions; CZ Yet To Reply

The U.S. Justice Department has begun an inquiry for checking whether Binance evaded sanctions linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
By Ashish Kumar
Updated September 5, 2025
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Crypto News: Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange is reportedly being investigated by the U.S. Justice Department for evading Russian Sanctions. The authority is looking into whether Binance Holding was illicitly utilized by Russia in order to ditch U.S. issued sanctions to move funds.

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Binance Caught Evading Intl Sanctions?

As per reports, the Justice Department’s national security division has launched an inquiry for checking whether Binance or its several officials evade sanctions linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bloomberg sources affirmed that this probe hasn’t been reported earlier and moving along with an existing probe begun by the criminal division.

Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao hasn’t replied to these claims yet. It is expected that he’ll be addressing this matter in order to reduce the FUD.

This probe comes in when the crypto market is between a sort of relief rally and recovering from past horrible collapses and bankruptcies.

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However, it is being reported that the crypto exchange has been involved in discussions with the department in order to resolve prior objections. This holds allegations of the world’s biggest exchange being used to evade sanctions against Iran.

Earlier, the world’s biggest crypto exchange in a statement communicated that they completely comply with all US and international financial regulations.

It should be noted that Binance is recently being called up in several criminal and regulatory probes. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) went on to file a civil enforcement action against Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and three other entities. They were alleged of operating the crypto exchange with numerous violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations.

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Ashish Kumar
Ashish believes in Decentralisation and has a keen interest in evolving Blockchain technology, Cryptocurrency ecosystem, and NFTs. He aims to create awareness around the growing Crypto industry through his writings and analysis. When he is not writing, he is playing video games, watching some thriller movie, or is out for some outdoor sports. Reach me at [email protected]
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