UK Regulator FCA Arrests Two People Associated With 1B-Pound Illegal Crypto Business

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Camomile Shumba is a CoinDesk regulatory reporter based in the UK. She previously worked as an intern for Business Insider and Bloomberg News. She does not currently hold value in any digital currencies or projects.

Two people were arrested by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Metropolitan Police for allegedly operating a $1.3 billion illegal crypto business.The Financial Conduct Authority and London's police force arrested two people suspected of operating an illegal $1.3 billion crypto business.

"More than 1 billion of unregistered crypto assets are believed to have been bought and sold through this business," the The suspects, aged 38 and 44, were interviewed under caution by the FCA and released on bail. During the investigation, the FCA inspected the offices associated with the two and the Metropolitan Police seized several digital devices during searches in two London residential properties.Since January 2021, crypto asset services must be registered with the FCA under its anti-money laundering rules.

"The FCA has an important role to play in keeping dirty money out of the U.K. financial system," Therese Chambers, the FCA's executive director of enforcement and market oversight, said in the statement."These arrests show we will do everything in our power to stop crypto firms from operating illegally in the U.K."

The regulator may be leaning more into its enforcement powers after being called out by the U.K.'s spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, late last year for being too slowin a variety of blockchain and digital asset businesses and significant holdings of digital assets, including bitcoin. CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence.

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