The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has charged Mr Olumide Osunkoya for unlawfully running multiple crypto ATMs without FCA registration.
Mr Osunkoya is accused of running crypto ATMs, which processed £2.6 million in crypto transactions across multiple locations between 29 December 2021 and 8 September 2023 without the required registration.
The charges mark the FCA’s first criminal prosecution relating to unregistered cryptoasset activity under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLRs). These are also the first charges brought against a person accused of running a network of crypto ATMs in the UK.
The charges follow the FCA’s recent operation, working in partnership with law enforcement agencies, to tackle illegally operated crypto ATMs across the country.
There are no legal crypto ATM operators in the UK.
The defendant will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 30 September 2024.
