Legkodymov, who lived in China, was arrested in Miami for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business called Bitzlato. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) was involved in the case, and Art explained that it was an exercise of US power and a warning to non-US actors engaged in exchange-type activities, especially those involving Russia.

We are pleased to announce that GATENOX has received a grant from the NEAR Foundation to integrate Corporate KYC (known as KYB) into the NEAR protocol.

Corporate Know Your Customer or Know Your Client is the process of validating the legitimacy of a business or corporate entity and beneficiary owners to meet AML and KYC compliance.

In the midst of the unfolding FTX indictments, Pawel Kuskowski, CEO of Gatenox, sat down with some of the top US and UK criminal lawyers to have a thought-provoking discussion about recovering assets from the FTX scandal. The esteemed guests included Adam Kaufmann, Eric Lewis, Anthony Metzer, and Philip Kazantzis, all of whom brought their unique expertise to the table.

‍Since Benjamin has expertise in traditional finance, AML and now crypto Web 3.0, Pawel asked how relevant is Benjamin’s expertise in traditional finance and now after shifting to crypto.

The Gatenox Hub is a secure web-based application which streamlines your corporate KYC process. It requires no technical integration and is ready to use out of the box.

Pawel started off the discussion by quoting a tweet by Jesse Powell, Kraken’s CEO, on Carol’s Twitter account, “To be clear, the payment is for settlement, not a fine of a self-disclosed potential issue.

Contrary to the book which starts with the line, “HSBC began its life by serving drug dealers”, Chris started off the talk by introducing Thomas Sutherland, founder of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.

FTX: A Case Study of a Major Failure in Corporate Controls and Compliance.To address this failure in compliance by FTX and other imperative issues such as anti-money laundering, KYC (Know Your Customers), sanctions, market abuse, manipulation, and fraud, Gatenox CEO Pawel Kuskowski invited top practitioners of corporate compliance, Carol Van Cleef and Art Middlemiss, to talk about it.