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Florida Arrests High-Dollar Bitcoin Exchangers For Money Laundering

Posted by timothy on from the if-we're-not-peeking-you're-not-allowed dept.

tsu doh nimh writes "State authorities in Florida on Thursday announced criminal charges targeting three men who allegedly ran illegal businesses moving large amounts of cash in and out of the Bitcoin virtual currency. Experts say this is likely the first case in which Bitcoin vendors have been prosecuted under state anti-money laundering laws, and that prosecutions like these could shut down one of the last remaining avenues for purchasing Bitcoins anonymously."

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  1. Bigger crime here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The bigger crime here is slashdot beta. Even worse than the "Business Intelligence" dashboard.

  2. Re:So he agreed to be part of an illegal scheme? by PopeRatzo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Governor Scott, you really shouldn't be on the Internet when you've been drinking.

    The people of Florida have enough problems without their governor trolling again.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.