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"CoinSwitch cooperating with financial crime agency probe -CEO"

2022-08-25 [vendor] CoinSwitch offices searched
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Incident Details

Financial crime agents from India’s Directorate of Enforcement searched the offices of CoinSwitch and the residences of some of its executives. CoinSwitch is the largest crypto company in India, and is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, and Coinbase Ventures.According to the CEO, there’s nothing to worry about, the search had nothing to do with money laundering (that’s specific), and the agency only executed the search to learn more about its business model and user onboarding. Seems like a pretty weird way to do that, but what do I know.TechCrunch, however, reported that four people familiar with the investigation stated the investigation was to do with potential violations of foreign exchange laws, and that the agency suspects CoinSwitch acquired $200 million in shares in violation of forex laws.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Regulatory / legal action
Vendor / Product
CoinSwitch offices searched

Timeline

  1. 2022-08-25 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-08-25 Publicly disclosed