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According to a report by CNBC on March 28, Trump has pardoned Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed, who faced a series of criminal charges related to money laundering or violations of the Bank Secrecy Act. Hayes and Delo pleaded guilty in February 2022, admitting that they "willfully failed to establish, implement, and maintain an anti-money laundering program" at BitMEX, while Reed pleaded guilty a few weeks later.

As of the time of publication, the White House has not issued a statement indicating that Trump plans to pardon the three. Cointelegraph reached out to BitMEX for a comment on the pardons but had not received a response by the time of publication.

Since taking office on January 20, Trump has issued several controversial federal pardons, including for over 1,500 individuals facing charges related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, who has served over 11 years in prison. Reports have indicated that former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, sentenced to 25 years in prison for misusing customer funds, has also sought to curry favor with Trump and Republicans for a possible pardon.

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Since Delo and Hayes were already sentenced to a combination of house arrest and probation in 2022, the reasons for the pardons remain unclear at the time of release. As part of a civil case by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 2022, the three BitMEX co-founders were also ordered to pay a $30 million fine.

The case against the exchange and U.S. authorities includes an agreement to pay a $100 million settlement to the CFTC and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Center in 2021. In January of this year, a judge imposed a $100 million fine and two years of unsupervised probation on BitMEX's parent company, HDR Global Trading Limited.

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This is an evolving story, and we will provide updates as more information becomes available.

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