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The Winklevoss twins say: “We were passive investors in BitInstant and will do everything we can to help law enforcement officials. We fully support any and al
by yapcguy 13y ago
The Winklevoss twins say:
“We were passive investors in BitInstant and will do everything we can to help law enforcement officials. We fully support any and all governmental efforts to ensure that money laundering requirements are enforced, and look forward to clearer regulation being implemented on the purchase and sale of Bitcoins.”
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/two-executives-of-bitcoin-businesses-are-arrested/ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/two-executives-of-bit...
We don't know all the details of this case but I guess we can all agree that if justice is to be done, and more importantly perhaps, seen to be done, nobody should be given preferential treatment. This means bankers should be sent to prison instead of being allowed to buy their way out:
"HSBC's $1.9 billion agreement with the U.S. to resolve charges it enabled Latin American drug cartels to launder billions of dollars was approved by a federal judge."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-02/hsbc-judge-approves-1-9b-drug-money-laundering-accord.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-02/hsbc-judge-approves...
- downandout 13y agoI wouldn't expect the Winklevi to react any differently, and they are quite likely telling the truth. It would still be interesting to see if their BTC wound up being sent to this BTCKing character, since apparently a signficant percentage of the Bitinstant's BTC (at some points, all of their BTC) were being sent to BTCKing.