Also Binance and Mr Zhao were not found guilty helping or funding terrorists, only breaking anti-money laundering laws. Despite years of investigation DoJ did not find definitive evidence that Binance would have helped criminals or terrorists, only evade sanctions.

In the case of HSBC, when there was more direct evidence of serving Mexican drug cartels, no one did jail time https://www.democracynow.org/2012/12/13/matt_taibbi_after_la...