Crypto Exchanges Under Probe In India For $125 Million Laundering Scheme
India’s financial crime-busting agency is now zooming its lens on more than 10 cryptocurrency exchanges in the country for what it believes is illegally moving more than 10 billion rupees ($125 million) offshore. The Economic Times reported, citing unnamed sources, that the yet to be named crypto exchanges were used by several companies as some […]
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