Binance Appoints Aron Akbiyikian as Its New Director of Audit and Investigations

Binance, a leading Blockchain ecosystem and digital asset exchange, has announced the appointment of Aron Akbiyikian as its new Director of Audit and Investigations, a significant step forwards in ensuring that Binance is on the leading edge of securing crypto for everyone.

In his new position, Aron will will focus on identifying bad actors attempting to use Binance’s platform and tracking their movements across the blockchain to help law enforcement agencies around the world take them down.

Aron has vast experience in forensic analysis, criminal investigations and various forms of reporting across the public and private sectors. Before joining Binance, he had a six-month stint at TRM Labs, where he served as a Deployment Strategist.

Before that, he led investigations at Chainalysis where he investigated and helped to prevent criminals using blockchain. Previously he demonstrated his commitment to fighting crime as a Detective in Mariposa County, California, where he had a strong focus on forensic analysis of digital media.

Aron worked on a number of high-profile cases including ‘Welcome2Video’ where his work was instrumental in assisting global law enforcement agencies bring criminals to justice. 

Earlier this month, Binance announced that it will stop offering Singapore dollar payment options​ and Singapore dollar trading pairs from Sept 10 and the app will be removed from the Singapore iOs and Google Play stores.