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The American judge is transferring a lawsuit to Florida, citing the first ruling to the file


An American judge granted Binance to transfer a case that involves allegations that it facilitated money laundering to the southern province of Florida due to a similar case that was already before the courts there.

The case, which was presented in August 2024 in Washington, focused on the same basic issue that was filed in June 2023 in Florida, accused of building electronic criminals using Money launderingAmerican boycott judge Barbara Rothsin He said On April 21.

Judge Rothstein said: “Although the two complaints describe the proposed chapters in slightly different terms, both of them include the same proposed category of individuals who were stolen and transferred to the Binance.com account during the relevant period.”

“Therefore, this court concludes that the categories of prosecutors are similar enough to apply the first rule to the file.”

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American boycott judge Barbara Rothstein said that the transfer of Washington’s suit to Florida was appropriate given the similarity to the case that is already heard there. source: Law360

A base from first to the file allows the court to reject a ruling on the issue when a complaint has already been filed with the same parties and cases in another region. In general, the court that hears the case usually maintains first According to To the LSD Legal Resources Law.

Prosecutors say that lawsuits differ in the main fields

Lawyers who act in the Washington case have argued that he is different from Florida’s suit because they added other accusations that are not present in the Florida suit and invited the former CEO. Changpeng “CZ” zhao As a defendant.

They also argued that the transfer of the case could lead to the postponement of the court’s procedures to “the damage of all the plaintiffs.”