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Only if you assume it was an attempt at reporting and not a government psyop meant to discourage bitcoin use for potentially illegal activities.
by russh 5y ago
Only if you assume it was an attempt at reporting and not a government psyop meant to discourage bitcoin use for potentially illegal activities.
- vmception 5y agoI would assume the former as they used Monero predominantly, which would not discourage anyone because Monero users understand how little accountability there is and when it applies, and because of the amounts. At this amount, the only conspiracy would be that this will be used by the IRS to convince Congress that it needs a larger budget to do more of this kind of investigation, because cryptocurrencies are going private, finally.