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Topic
Board Service Discussion
Re: ChipMixer.com has been seized.
by
Husires
on 15/03/2023, 21:14:10 UTC
I will quote some important things from here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1574581/download

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According to Company
A’s tracing platform, from August 2017 to March 2023:
a. ChipMixer received 153,732 bitcoin and sent 153,672 bitcoin. Based on
the value of bitcoin at the time of the transactions, ChipMixer processed $3 billion worth of
transactions.
b. Chipmixer received $185 million and sent $17 million in bitcoin that was
directly or indirectly associated with wallets designated as darknet marketplaces.
c. ChipMixer received $35 million and sent $670,000 in bitcoin that was
directly or indirectly associated with wallets designated as fraud shops

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Until May 2022, chipmixer.com was a
functional clearnet website that was hosted at a U.S. virtual private server (VPS) provider,
DigitalOcean

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ChipMixer set up an account at a hosting provider using the name “Max
Archdall.” This account leased servers using a PayPal account associated with the name “Max
Archdall” and the mailing address 5 Myrtle Street, Merrijig, Australia. Based on FBI database
checks and open-source research, this is a fictitious address in Australia

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As explained further below, NGUYEN used the moniker “ChipMixer” on the
popular bitcoin message board BitcoinTalk (available at bitcointalk.org). On May 18, 2017,
NGUYEN, as “ChipMixer,” posted (or caused to be posted) to BitcoinTalk that he was looking
for testers for a new bitcoin mixing service. On May 26, 2017, NGUYEN announced in a new
thread that he was “Introducing ChipMixer,” which he described as “Mixing reinvented for your
privacy.” Since then, “ChipMixer” has made over 400 posts to BitcoinTalk, the majority of
which involve addressing questions about ChipMixer. As of March 2023, NGUYEN’s
“ChipMixer” account was still active on BitcoinTalk. Further, since May 15, 2017, NGUYEN

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The PayPal account with the name “MINH NGUYEN,” email address
nqminh73@yahoo.com, account ID 1706782211073221952, was the only PayPal account not
associated with a U.S.-based identity and associated with an actual bank account on the V3
PayPal Account payments received transaction logs

NGUYEN has A KYC binance account  Shocked Shocked Shocked
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Pursuant to KYC verification requirements, NGUYEN supplied Binance with an identification
card issued by the government of Vietnam, as pictured below

Looks like he used one phone number which is strange for someone with a PhD in data encryption, he used Yahoo, Linkedin, Paypal and he has an Apple phone.

It also seems that he is the only one who manages @Chipmixer BTT account.

US know many information since 2021- OCT/2022