Its not like that Sy.

It is a type of legal extortion in the US. Basically the big Las Vegas Casinos paid politicians to write laws protecting the casinos. And the casinos pay/finance the elections, re-elections, campaigns etc. of judges, sherrifs, politicians, etc. So Micon is basically being f*cked by the big casinos, who are using the so-called legal system to harrass him. It would be very expensive, and likely futile, for Micon to fight the charges, so what he did was 'cut a deal' with the prosecutor. Basically the deal looks like this: Micon agrees to plead 'guilty' for a so-called crime that is relatively minor compared with what the prosecutor is threatening to charge him with. In return, both the state and Micon avoid the very large expense of taking the whole case to trial, and Micon gets a much-reduced sentence. Basically Micon agreed to say 'guilty' in order to stay out of jail, and with his young family, and avoid going broke trying to defend himself. He did what any of us would do in his shoes. Sad but true. US legal system is neither fair nor blind. It is built by the wealthy for the wealthy, to protect what's theirs. Bitcoin is a threat, so bitcoin businesses will be targeted when they can ...