Tag: Silvio Schembri

Binance’s Former Malta Director Thrives Amid Legal Turmoil for the Cryptocurrency Giant

Crypto Schemes Mark Lagarde - February 26, 2024

Alexandre Dreyfus, once a key figure in Binance’s Malta operations, appears unscathed by the crypto exchange's legal challenges in the US. Dreyfus, who significantly contributed to Binance's establishment in Malta, is now living a lavish lifestyle filled with private jets and luxury in Malta despite the company facing a hefty $4.3 billion settlement with US authorities for anti-money laundering violations.

Malta Greylisting – Strange deals between MFSA and the Malta Business Registry

Compliance tamir - July 19, 2021

The greylisted EU offshore hub Malta is different in many respects. An old Maltese saying that loosely translated says that some people die of thirst while others are drowning in their excesses is still true. Usually, in Malta, it is those with the betters connections that get the better deal. Take the former MFSA executive George Spiteri for example. Today, an employee of the Malta Business Registry, who for long years boasted of his close connections with disgraced, "2019 Corrupt Person of the Year," former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

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