Binance Founder CZ Reports to Low-Security California Prison

  • Changpeng Zhao sentenced in April for violating banking laws
  • Zhao to serve 4-month term at Santa Barbara county facility
Binance Founder Gets Four Months in Prison
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has reported to a federal prison in California to begin a four-month sentence for failing to safeguard the world’s largest crypto exchange against money laundering.

The former chief executive officer, the richest person to do time in a US federal lock up, will serve his punishment at Lompoc II, a low-security facility with an adjacent satellite camp in Santa Barbara county.