Binance CZ’s Guilty Plea Accepted by Judge, Has Yet to Decide If Binance Founder Can Go Home IceLoungeMedia IceLoungeMedia A federal judge accepted Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao’s guilty plea to one count of violating the Bank Secrecy Act, but has not yet weighed in on whether Zhao can go back to the United Arab Emirates before he is sentenced in February.