http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/30/bitcoin-entrepreneur-charlie-shrem-will-plead-guilty-on-us-chargesBitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem has reached a plea deal to resolve US charges that he engaged in a scheme to sell over $1m of the digital currency to users of the illicit online marketplace Silk Road, his lawyer said on Friday.
Shrem, the former vice chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation, will plead guilty next Thursday in New York federal court to unlicensed money transmission, Marc Agnifilo, his lawyer, told Reuters in an email.
