DOJ has charged the owner of Helix, a dark web Bitcoin mixer service operating from 2014-2017, for allegedly laundering bitcoins worth $300M+ at the time
This is the first case the DOJ has brought against a Bitcoin mixer. — US authorities have arrested and charged an Ohio man for running a …
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Discussion
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@ericgarland
Eric Garland
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Guy that used thing to conceal where Bitcoin came from indicted since the found all $300 million which wasn't concealed 🤣⚖️ https://www.justice.gov/...
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@campuscodi
Catalin Cimpanu
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In 2017, BitMixer, a Bitcoin tumbler shut down anticipating that Bitcoin mixing would become illegal. Today, the DOJ filed its first-ever case against a Bitcoin mixing service. Claims it laundered 350k BTC (worth $3.5 billion today). https://www.zdnet.com/... https://twitter.com/…
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@marchochstein
Marc Hochstein
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This is big, folks. And privacy-conscious users are not going to like the implications. https://twitter.com/...
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@file411
@file411
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“HARMON owned and operated a money transmitting and money laundering business called Helix. Helix was a service linked to and affiliated with Grams, HARMON's Darknet search engine..two services were sometimes referred to collectively as Grams-Helix...” https://www.justice.gov/...
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@coindesk
@coindesk
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NEW: The arrest of Larry Harmon for an alleged connection to AlphaBay raises major questions: Do bitcoiners have a right to build privacy tech? https://www.coindesk.com/... @La__Cuen reports
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@uplexacoin
@uplexacoin
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If you require a 3rd party service to #privatize your digital transactions, you're doing it wrong. Rather, you should be using a digital currency that is #private by default. https://www.coindesk.com/...
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@iang_fc
Iang
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A problem with private money services is that even tho honest users need such protection, some people use it to do illegal things. Which brings in the Feds. https://www.cleveland.com/... Realpolitik & history says this is a bad idea. 2020 will see this meme reverse, as in history…