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Convictions, Jail Time on the Rise in the U.S. For selling Bitcoin

Incidents of People are increasingly being arrested in the U.S. for selling Bitcoin via online sites such as localbitcoins.com.

With the recent surge in the public’s interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as a whole, the United States government is sitting up and taking notice of something that many officials once dismissed as a passing fad. As a result, a disturbing trend has begun to emerge. Law enforcement agencies are arresting and charging people with a crime for selling Bitcoin in the U.S.

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