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Title: [2014-12-22] The Guardian: Bitcoin entrepreneur sentenced to two years in prison Post by: pawel7777 on December 23, 2014, 06:47:33 PM Another coverage on Charlie Shrem's sentence:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/22/bitcoin-entrepreneur-sentenced-jail (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/22/bitcoin-entrepreneur-sentenced-jail) Quote The bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has been sentenced to two years in jail for his part in a money laundering scheme, after a bitcoin exchange he ran was found to be aiding users of the Silk Road black market. Shrem was previously a senior figure in the bitcoin community, sitting on the board of the foundation which oversees the cryptocurrency, while also running his own exchange, BitInstant. He resigned as a board member after his arrest in January. |