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Prominent Bitcoin entrepreneur charged with money laundering

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Jan

2014

By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) – The vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, a trade group promoting the adoption of the digital currency, has been charged by U.S. prosecutors with conspiring to commit money laundering by helping to funnel cash to illicit online drugs bazaar Silk Road. Charlie Shrem, who had financial backing from […]

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CEO of Bitcoin Exchange Arrested

28

Jan

2014

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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2 Bitcoin operators charged in NY ‘Silk Road’ bust

28

Jan

2014

NEW YORK (AP) — The top executive of a Manhattan-based Bitcoin company and a Florida Bitcoin exchanger have been charged with conspiring to commit money laundering by selling more than $1 million in Bitcoins to users of the black market website Silk Road, which let users buy illegal drugs anonymously, authorities said Monday.

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