Binance sued by Hamas victims after Trump pardons crypto founder CZ
Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022.
Benoit Tessier | Reuters
Dozens of families of the victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel by Hamas sued Binance, alleging the top cryptocurrency trading platform knowingly helped transfer hundreds of millions of dollars in support of terrorist activities.
The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in North Dakota came one month after President Donald Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had pleaded guilty to failing to combat money laundering on the crypto exchange.
Defendants Zhao, known as CZ, and…
