Overview
- Binance on August 25 hired Antonio Alvarez to serve as deputy to Global Chief Compliance Officer Noah Perlman and Duncan DeVille as global head of financial crime compliance, according to multiple reports.
- The moves follow notable departures from Binance’s compliance and financial-crime teams earlier in 2026 that left gaps the company says these hires will fill.
- The appointments come under the company’s 2023 guilty plea and deferred-prosecution terms that require Binance to strengthen anti-money-laundering and sanctions controls and show ongoing remediation.
- Binance has disputed media reports that linked some staff exits to handling of Iran-related money flows even as regulators continue questioning employees, including probes that reached the United Arab Emirates.
- Both hires come from Crypto.com, which holds cross-border regulatory approvals such as EU MiCA authorization and multiple U.S. money-transmitter licenses, giving Binance experienced compliance staff with multi-jurisdictional credentials.