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"Crypto exchange Cryptomus fined record $177M by Canada's financial crime watchdog"

2025-10-22 [vendor] Cryptomus fine
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Incident Details

The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Cryptomus has been fined CA$177 million (US$127 million) by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) for failing to report more than 1,000 suspicious transactions linked to darknet markets, distribution of child sex abuse material, fraud, ransomware, and sanctions evasion. It additionally failed to report more than 7,500 transactions originating from Iran, and more than 1,500 high-value transactions.Cryptomus was temporarily banned from trading in British Columbia in May. The CA$177 million fine smashes Canada’s previous record for the largest penalty they’ve ever imposed. That honor previously went to KuCoin, another crypto exchange fined CA$20 million (US$14.3 million) in September.

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Regulatory / legal action
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Cryptomus fine

Timeline

  1. 2025-10-22 Breach occurred
  2. 2025-10-22 Publicly disclosed