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 |
 | 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 |
Im not sure if he is already on jail but he should eventually get there, even tho he will probably leave sooner than later and still be really rich when he leaves.