{"id":60248,"date":"2025-11-25T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60248"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:16:34","slug":"trump-pardoned-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-hit-with-new-lawsuit-over-hamas-payments-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60248","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Pardoned Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Hit With New Lawsuit Over Hamas Payments (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>(Editor\u2019s note: The story has been updated to include Binance\u2019s comment)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Binance<\/strong>\u2018s billionaire co-founder <strong>Changpeng Zhao<\/strong>, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/10\/48385790\/trump-pardens-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-ending-biden-administrations-war-on-crypto\">pardoned by Trump<\/a> last month, is facing allegations that he enabled millions of dollars\u2019 worth of payments to Hamas, following the group\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/25\/11\/48919179\/un-approves-trumps-gaza-peace-plan-backs-creation-of-board-of-peace-amid-hamas-pushback\">attack on Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Allegations Of \u201cSubstantial Assistance\u201d To Hamas<\/h2>\n<p>A complaint filed in a federal court in North Dakota on Monday, by American citizens affected by the attack, alleges that Zhao and his cryptocurrency exchange knowingly provided \u201csubstantial assistance\u201d to militant groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah. <\/p>\n<p>Monday&#8217;s complaint, led by former U.S. ambassador <strong>Lee Wolosky <\/strong>of <strong>Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher<\/strong>, along with attorneys from <strong>Osen, Stein Mitchell Beato &amp; Missner<\/strong>, and <strong>Motley Rice<\/strong>, lays out allegations that extend beyond those raised by federal prosecutors and prior civil cases.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint alleges that Binance continued &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/legal\/25\/11\/49049969\/trump-pardoned-binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-hit-with-new-lawsuit-over-hamas-payments?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Trump-Pardoned\" binance founder changpeng zhao hit with new lawsuit over hamas payments>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Editor\u2019s note: The story has been updated to include Binance\u2019s comment) Binance\u2018s billionaire co-founder Changpeng Zhao, who was pardoned by Trump last month, is facing allegations that he enabled millions of dollars\u2019 worth of payments to Hamas, following the group\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Allegations Of \u201cSubstantial Assistance\u201d To Hamas A complaint filed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-60248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}