Paxful, a Bitcoin exchange, ordered to pay $4 million due to prostitution and money laundering allegations

Simply put Peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Paxful was ordered this week to pay a $4 million criminal fine. The company pleaded guilty to charges related to money laundering, fraud, and facilitating transactions connected to prostitution and sex trafficking. Paxful initially accepted that its actions warranted a fine of $112 million, but the Justice Department decreased this […]