Binance founder CZ asked Trump to pardon money laundering conviction

Binance founder and convicted felon Changpeng Zhao says that he applied for a pardon from US President Donald Trump shortly after denying reports that he was seeking one. Zhao, also known as CZ, said on a Farokh Radio podcast episode aired May 6 that he “wouldn’t mind” a pardon and that his lawyers have already filed the paperwork on his behalf“I got lawyers applying,” Zhao said, adding that he submitted the request after Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal reported in March that he was seeking a pardon from Trump amid discussions of a business deal between the Trump family and Binance. US. Zhao denied the reports at the time, but said on the podcast that he thought “if they’re writing this article, I may as well just officially apply source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/changpeng-zhao-cz-binance-asked-trump-pardon?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound