- http://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/lexington-man-pleads-guilty-money-laundering-charge-using-bitcoin
- http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article20018490.html
- http://www.wistv.com/story/28953634/lexington-man-pleads-guilty-to-federal-charge-for-using-bitcoin-to-buy-drugs-online
- http://qntra.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/gelli_indictment.pdf / https://www.dropbox.com/s/btfos2atr05vuis/3-15-cr-00086-MBS-2-main.pdf
Thanks to /u/throwawaydl340d ; this case is very relevant to recent discussions about how proactive, exactly, Coinbase is in investigating their users & turning them over to LE:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/34mw6c/complaintwarning_coinbase_is_watching_donations/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/34vohm/psaarticle_gwerns_btc_address_flagged_by_coinbase/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/34yvtf/coinbase_is_behaving_like_big_brothermonitoring/
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/coinbase-bitcion-dark-net-researcher/
I would say that it's clear now, if it wasn't before, that Coinbase should not be used for anything related to the black-markets without, at the minimum, effective tumbling.
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