45 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 14 Sep 2022
im gonna let you in on a secret. the government is ok with money laundering as long as the little guy doesent do it
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @DeezSats 14 Sep 2022
This story says nothing about an alleged crime comitted to obtain 16m euros.
What the story is actually about:
“In a bid to curb money laundering, the European Union recently passed new measures to make it harder to stay anonymous when using crypto.“
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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @sancristrader 14 Sep 2022
I am not sure what the role of Electrum is here, other than he used it?
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124 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin OP 14 Sep 2022
I shared the CoinDesk article without reading it closely. The Block did a better job describing the issue:
Bitcoin money laundering suspect arrested by Dutch police
https://www.theblock.co/post/169860/bitcoin-money-laundering-suspect-arrested-by-dutch-police
Using Google Translate:
https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2022/september/13/03-man-opgepakt-witwassen-cryptovaluta.html
Likely this problem. Older releases of Electrum (prior to v4.0) permitted a message to be displayed by the back-end Electrum server.
Bitcoin wallet update trick has netted criminals more than $22 million
https://www.zdnet.com/article/bitcoin-wallet-trick-has-netted-criminals-more-than-22-million/
See also:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5271122.20
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @pillar 14 Sep 2022
..., then they fight you, ...
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryptocoin OP 14 Sep 2022
An archive of the article is here. An archive has no paywall, no subscription requirement, and can be easier to read.
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