NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bitcoin promoter Charlie Shrem pleaded guilty on Thursday to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, resolving U.S. charges that he helped to sell more than $1 million of the digital currency to users of the illicit online drug marketplace Silk Road. Shrem and his accused co-conspirator, Robert Faiella, pleaded guilty at […]
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prominent bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of funneling cash to the illicit online marketplace Silk Road. Shrem, known as one of the digital currencys most visible promoters, is accused of conspiring with a Florida man, Robert […]
A high-profile arrest in the world of Bitcoin: BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem, 24, has been arrested and charged with money laundering; the same goes for alleged co-conspirator and “underground Bitcoin exchanger” Robert Faiella (aka BTCKing). Authorities say the two schemed to sell more than $1 million of Bitcoin to users…
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