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"At one point, the processor rejected as fraudulent more than 80% of the deposits it was handling, a rate that far exceeded industry standards of roughly 1%. Polymarket employees quickly raised their concerns with Chief Executive Shayne Coplan, according to people familiar with the events.
The compliance team, those people recalled, was floored by Coplan’s response: Just keep growing and pay a fine if regulators ever find out."
At what point are you a casino and at what point are you just a utility for money laundering, insider betting, scams & fraud?
> Just keep growing and pay a fine if regulators ever find out.
it's unfortunate that they weren't able to get a lawyer with experience to comment on whether or not he is right.would certainly be interesting to know if he does risk assessment under the table.
so both polymarket onchain and polymarket us have major issues, but separate issues
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