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January 24, 2015, 03:17:45 AM Last edit: July 16, 2015, 10:00:44 PM by theymos |
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BurtW was recently arrested. The indictment (located by Raize): http://www.scribd.com/doc/248973784/Bitcoin-indictmentIs there anything we can do to help him? There's a site with a donation address, though I'm a little suspicious that the site might be fake. (The arrest itself is very likely real.)
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January 24, 2015, 03:17:58 AM |
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The indictment says: involved the transport and transmission of funds that were known to the defendant to have been derived from a criminal offense and were intended to be used to promote and support unlawful activity I wonder what that's about. I doubt that he was knowingly helping the Silk Road or anything like that...
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January 24, 2015, 03:47:46 AM |
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there is no help for him now.... he knew what he is doing
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January 24, 2015, 04:04:18 AM |
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OMG! BurtW was a great guy and very active here. I believe he mostly did cash transactions, I hope this isn't another one of those localbitcoins "stings".
I'm afraid it might very well be. he needs a good lawyer.
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January 24, 2015, 04:05:54 AM |
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WOW. No wonder he was absent from here for months. It must have been a sting operation.
And he was raving about how safe it was dealing with face to face cash transactions, and how he does it all the time :/
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January 24, 2015, 04:13:53 AM |
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he should be out on bond, im sure hes lawyer wants him to keep a low profile.
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January 24, 2015, 04:25:27 AM |
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Thank God the nany government is there so we can now live in a safer world. /s
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January 24, 2015, 04:50:58 AM |
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PENALTY: COUNT 1: NMT 5 years imprisonment; $250,000.00 fine, or both; NMT 3 years Supervised Release, $100.00 Special Assessment Fee Looks like the sum was a pretty substantial one.
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January 24, 2015, 04:53:06 AM |
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Huh? What happen, I dont understand those too 'official' term. Could someone explain in a 'normal-human' term? What did he do?
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So sad! This profile does not appear as the #1 result (on anonymous) Google searches anymore.
Time to be active on the crypto forums again? Proud to be one of the few Legendary members of the Sparkie Red Dot!
Gonna put this on my resume if I ever join a cryptocurrency/blockchain industry!
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January 24, 2015, 04:58:41 AM |
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How much bitcoins BurtW traded to get arrested?
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mlferro
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January 24, 2015, 05:10:46 AM |
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How much bitcoins BurtW traded to get arrested?
I'm also curious to know this
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January 24, 2015, 05:19:17 AM |
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I doubt it the bitcoin amount they are concerned with but most likely the USD amount. The man wants his cut! Especially when the amounts start to get anywhere close to 10k.
Right now one is free to stack Bitcoins to the sky with minimal reprecussion but once you start dealing in USD you better have your shit straight.
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January 24, 2015, 05:20:11 AM |
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Is he the guy from FL? Undercover cop trying to buy 25k bitcoins from him at 10% over market price, if I remember correctly.
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January 24, 2015, 05:26:25 AM |
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I guess this means Bruno won't be able to buy back his Phinn account any time soon.
With all these busts it sure seems like the USA is gunning for bitcoiners. The only time you see law enforcement use entrapment stings is for drugs.
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January 24, 2015, 05:28:43 AM |
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I'd like to know more specifics on what illegal activity he knowingly aiding.
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January 24, 2015, 05:36:40 AM |
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Here it is: BURTON WAGNER, did knowingly conduct, control, manage, supervise, direct, or own all or part of an unlicensed money transmitting business affecting interstate and foreign commerce, to wit, a digital currency exchange business which (A) operated without an appropriate money transmitting license in a state where such operation is punishable as a misdemeanor or felony under state law; (B) failed to comply with the money transmitting business regulations under Section 5330 of Title 31, United States Code, and regulations prescribed thereunder; and (C) involved the transport and transmission of funds that were known to the defendant to have been derived from a criminal offense
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January 24, 2015, 06:10:43 AM |
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BURTON WAGNER, (C) involved the transport and transmission of funds that were known to the defendant to have been derived from a criminal offense It comes down to that again. The temptation for profit I'm sure is too much for some people, although I hope he's innocent.
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freebit13
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January 24, 2015, 06:17:43 AM |
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From the document, it doesn't look like this was from simple face to face transactions using localbitcoins... it looks like he was somehow involved with running an exchange.
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