David Edwards
Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, wanda ya kafa kuma tsohon Shugaba na Binance, ya fita daga gidan yarin gwamnatin Amurka a ranar 27 ga watan Satumba bayan ya kamalla hukuncin daurin watanni hudu saboda saba dokar hana fasa-kwauri ta kasa (AML). Mai magana da yawun hukumar kula da gidajen yari ta Amurka ya tabbatar da sakin. Zhao, daya daga cikin attajiran da aka yanke wa hukuncin gidan yari a Amurka, ana kiyasin yana da kusan dala biliyan 60.
Zhao ya amsa laifinsa a watan Nuwamba kan tuhumar da gwamnatin tarayya ta yi masa kan gazawar Binance wajen aiwatar da ingantattun hanyoyin sarrafa AML. Yarjejeniyar roƙon ta haɗa da ƙarin cin zarafi, kamar watsa kuɗi marasa lasisi da sauƙaƙe mu'amala da ƙasashe masu takunkumi kamar Iran. Da farko, masu gabatar da kara na Amurka sun nemi daurin watanni 36 a gidan yari, amma an rage masa hukuncin daurin rai da rai bayan alkalin gundumar Seattle Richard Jones bai samu wata shaida da ke nuna cewa Zhao na da kansa ya san haramtattun ayyuka a Binance ba.
A lokacin da aka yanke masa hukuncin, CZ ya shafe watanni biyu a wani wurin tsaro mafi ƙarancin tsaro a kudancin California, sannan a wani gida mai tsaka-tsaki a Long Beach, inda aka ba shi kulawar balaguron rana. Baya ga zaman gidan yari, Zhao ya biya tarar dala miliyan 50, kuma an ci tarar Binance dala biliyan 4.3 saboda karya dokokin AML na Amurka.
Duk da sakinsa, CZ ba zai koma matsayinsa na baya ba a Binance, kamar yadda ya dace da yarjejeniyar roƙonsa, wanda ya hana shi sarrafa ko gudanar da musayar cryptocurrency. Binance, wanda ke ci gaba da bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa na yanzu, yanzu yana alfahari da masu amfani da duniya miliyan 230. Richard Teng, sabon babban jami'in da aka nada, ya tabbatar da cewa Zhao ya kasance babban mai hannun jari, amma ya yi watsi da tambayoyi game da shigarsa da ayyukan kamfanin nan gaba.
A cikin sakonsa na bankwana a kan X (tsohon Twitter), CZ ya yarda cewa Binance ya girma fiye da jagorancinsa, yana mai cewa, "Binance ba jariri ba ne. Lokaci ya yi da zan bar shi ya yi tafiya da gudu.” Da yake sa ido a gaba, Zhao ya nuna sha'awar tallafawa hada-hadar kudi (DeFi), blockchain, AI, da farawar fasahar kere-kere, tare da mai da hankali kan ilimi da horar da matasa 'yan kasuwa.
