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India's FIU Issues AML Non-Compliance Notices to 15 Offshore Crypto Platforms and Orders Takedowns

Original sourcemoneycontrol.comAdditional: cryptotimes.io

Summary

India's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) issued non-compliance notices to 15 virtual digital asset service providers (VDA SPs), accusing them of violating anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) rules by serving Indian users without registration. FIU-IND ordered app s…

Key points

  • India's regulator is expanding its crackdown on offshore crypto platforms, highlighting the importance of global AML compliance, especially for platforms serving Indian users.
  • The action shows India imposing stricter AML regulation on crypto platforms, which may affect global crypto exchanges' compliance strategies.
  • Named platforms must immediately stop serving Indian users or complete FIU registration, or face ongoing legal risk.
  • India's FIU has stepped up enforcement since 2023, previously issuing notices to offshore exchanges such as Binance and KuCoin.

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