Wise's billionaire CEO fined £350,000 by UK regulators over failure to report tax issue
Kristo Käärmann, CEO and co-founder of Wise, was ordered by regulators to pay a £350,000 fine due to a breach of senior manager conduct rules.
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Kristo Käärmann, the billionaire CEO of money transfer firm Wise, was slapped with a £350,000 ($454,000) fine by financial regulators in the U.K for failing to report an issue with his tax filings.
Käärmann, who co-founded Wise in 2011 with fellow entrepreneur Taavet Hinrikus, was on Monday ordered by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to pay the sizable penalty due to a breach of the watchdog's senior manager conduct rule.
The FCA said that Käärmann failed to notify the regulator about him not paying a capital gains tax liability when he cashed in on shares worth £10 million in 2017.
The watchdog found him in breach of its Senior Management Conduct Rule 4, which states: "You must disclose appropriately any information of which the FCA would reasonably expect notice."
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