It deserves its very own thread. Who else got jailed because of Bitcoin?
No. | Convict | Crime |
1) | Charlie Shrem | Money Laundering |
2) | Trendon Shavers | Ponzi Scheme |
3) | Ross Ulbricht | Silk Road |
4) | Carl Force | Extortion of Ross Ulbricht |
5) | Shaun Bridges | Secret Service - Theft |
6) | Pascal Reid | LocalBitcoins |
7) | Michell Abner Espinoza | LocalBitcoins |
8) | Mark Karpeles | MtGox |
9) | Yuen Long | MyCoin Fraud |
10) | Tin Shui Wai | MyCoin Fraud |
11) | Wong Tai Sin | MyCoin Fraud |
12) | Robert Faiella | LocalBitcoins |
13) | John Powell | Unlicensed Money Business |
14) | Ali Shukri Amin | Bitcoin Aid to Isis |
15) | Yuri Lebedev | Unlicensed Money Business |
16) | Anthony Murgio | Unlicensed Money Business |
17) | Richard Petix | Unlicensed Money Transmission |
18) | Pankaj Bharadwaj | Debit Card Fraud |
Honorable Mentions: (close call)
#) | Burton Wagner | Unlicensed Money Transmission |
#) | Brian Mycon | Gaming Website |