Coinbase Top Lawyer Touts Self-Reporting Experience with DOJ

May 24, 2023, 8:49 PM UTC

Coinbase Global Inc.'s chief legal officer highlighted the company’s successful cooperation with the Justice Department after self-reporting misconduct as the type of interaction he sees lacking from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Paul Grewal said at a New York legal conference on Wednesday that he was pleased with the crypto exchange’s experience in informing the department about a manager who later pleaded guilty to insider trading and was sentenced to two years in prison on May 9.

Upon discovering the misconduct, “we had a very positive, productive conversation with the Department of Justice, which ultimately led to a prosecution of ...

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