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I would also like a comprehensive list of prior enforcement actions.
FinCEN has this, https://www.fincen.gov/news-room/enforcement-actions
If that's really all they've done, it's been quite rare.
https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-penalizes-peer-peer-virtual-currency-exchanger-violations-anti-money
In Eric Powers' case (2019), they seized all his data, fined him $35k, and forced him to sign an agreement that he wouldn't act as an MSB again. Sounds like they thought a jury would be sympathetic, and so they couldn't go for much in a plea bargain. They list only two other MSB enforcement actions since then.
In the second link, it says he moved $5M. At 4% transaction fee, that's $200k profit.
The fine it's a slap on the wrist.
Keep in mind that the feds will bust a teenager with a bit of weed and claim it's a 10.000$ bust 😂
They need an excuse to promote someone for catching that hardened criminal