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Title: [2015-01-21] BS: Bitcoin dealer sentenced to four years in US prison
Post by: polynesia on January 23, 2015, 02:53:28 PM
Bitcoin dealer sentenced to four years in US prison

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bitcoin-dealer-sentenced-to-four-years-in-us-prison-115012100643_1.html

A New York court handed a four-year prison sentence to a Bitcoin exchange operator who sold virtual currency used to buy drugs on the Silk Road underground website.

Robert Faiella, 55, and an accomplice were charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and running an unlicensed money transmitting business.