Gold Finance reports that a federal judge in the United States sentenced HDR Global Trading Limited (also known as the parent company of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX) to two years of non-supervised probation and a fine of $100 million. On January 15, during a hearing at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge John Koeltl made the ruling against BitMEX. About six months ago, this cryptocurrency exchange admitted to violating the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by not having 'any meaningful' anti-money laundering program during its operations. In July 2024, this cryptocurrency company stated that these allegations had become old news and hinted that they did not expect any further fines at that time. In a statement made to users after the ruling, BitMEX reiterated its claim that the BSA allegations were old news and added: 'While we are disappointed with the additional financial penalties, this amount is much less than the fines imposed on us by the Department of Justice over the past three years.'