U.S. families of Hamas attack victims file class action lawsuit against Binance

Families of roughly 300 United States citizens killed or injured in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel have filed a lawsuit alleging that Binance facilitated more than $1 billion in crypto transfers for Hamas and other sanctioned groups. The complaint, filed in federal court in North Dakota on Nov. 24, claims Binance “pitched itself to terrorist organizations, narcotics traffickers and tax evaders as beyond the reach of any single country’s laws or regulations,” ignoring compliance-vendor warnings and fai ...