The UK’s financial watchdog has announced the arrest of two individuals “on suspicion of money laundering and running an illegal cryptoasset exchange.”
In a press release on Thursday, the FCA said seven crypto ATM machines were also seized in the operation which also involved the Metropolitan Police Service.
Therese Chambers,
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