Quote from: MrPiggles on February 26, 2014, 02:16:16 PM

Quote from: crazy_rabbit on February 26, 2014, 02:10:49 PM

He's right though and depending how much money you had on the exchange, you might have committed a financial crime by lying about your identity. Using a fake name and withdrawing/depositing money under it, IS money laundering, and what you have done, a crime.

Either way, you've essentially forfeited your money in the near-term.

I withdrew it to accounts with no name on.

So I bought/sold btc in a fake name, and deposited them to accounts with no name.

In what country is using a fake name to sell bitcoins illegal?

What law was broken by registering on a slovenian site with a fake name?

I think actually every country- at least every country with a modern functioning financial system, which includes the UK or Slovenia, wherever they are located.

Replace Bitcoin with "Financial instrument" and I think that should give you an idea of what you've done. Maybe governments didn't CARE about bitcoin when it was worth a few dollars each, but they aren't obligated to enforce every law on the book, they are usually content just HAVING the law on the book, and now that Bitcoin is worth real money- I think every modern country in the world would view what you've done as money laundering.

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I withdrew it to accounts with no name on.

So I bought/sold btc in a fake name, and deposited them to accounts with no name.

So yeah, you're a criminal in the eye's of the financial regulators. Whether or not they go after you is up to them and whether or not they can find you. They CAN however find Bitstamp, so they have prudently seized your funds to play nice with the police if they ever show up. That said- technically unless you have a government ID with your 'Fake Name' you're pretty much screwed even if weren't illegal (which it most certainly is). If you registered as "Buttlick McBalls" Bitstamp is well within it's rights to ask for your government ID with said name on it. From bitstamps point of view (not considering the criminal element), until Mr McBalls shows up, that money can very nicely pad their 'reserves' for a rainy day.

Good luck.