in

Swedish gov’t pays out $1.5M in Bitcoin to convicted drug dealer

Two years ago, the man was convicted in a Swedish court for having illegally earned 36 Bitcoin through online drug sales. Yet, Tove Kullberg, his prosecutor at the time, had used the Bitcoin’s equivalent value in fiat to make her case. The court, therefore, judged that the man should be stripped of his illicitly earned Bitcoin at its then-value of 1.3 million Swedish kronor ($100,000).

Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph


Source: Cryptocurrency - investing.com

Crypto exchange Binance tightens money-laundering checks as regulatory pressure mounts

Factbox-Crisis pushes Afghanistan's economy closer to the brink