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Bitfinex isn't an American company. This is ridiculous

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What’s ridiculous?

That the company’s home jurisdiction allowed them to defraud the public?

It's not even clear where the company is physically located. It's a Hong Kong company but all of the addresses here are just virtual offices and shell companies.

Do you expect to get away with illegal activity when you travel abroad?

A lot of people do. For example driving over the speed limit because they can't be fined.

Note the headline should add “in New York” or the like.

The full title ends with "Illegal Activities in New York", not sure why it was removed.

Because it's too long for HN (I instead replaced "Attorney General" by "NYAG", not ideal but an ok compromise IMHO)

"Bitfinex banned from New York."

Edit: I'm getting downvoted but I went soft on him. You know what, I'll say it. The choice of which words to retain (virtual currency trading platform??) and which to drop (in New York) is really bad and veering into suspicious, seems like it's trying to stir up panic.

It's the title of the linked press release, with a minor change to fit the maximum length required for HN submissions.

You make it sound like they have been taken down globally. That's not a "minor change".

How would the New York attorney general shut down the company globally? That doesn't make sense. But feel free to contact dang or other moderators and ask for a change of the title if you think that can be improved.

People here are from every part of the world. Many wont know what a "NYAG" is or what powers they have, in fact I bet quite a few Americans don't know either.

Oh well.. the new title is good.

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