Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:28PM
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> I wonder how the feds bypassed the statute of limitations on this.
I don’t think they did; if the BCH transaction was in 2017 was the subject of fraud, it was within the statute of limitations when he was publicly charged.
> I am guessing his attempts at laundering the money and spending, reset the clock.
They didn’t “reset the clock” on the fraud involved in obtaining the bitcoin initially, but they were likely generally, on their own, fraudulent transactions.
I don’t think they did; if the BCH transaction was in 2017 was the subject of fraud, it was within the statute of limitations when he was publicly charged.
> I am guessing his attempts at laundering the money and spending, reset the clock.
They didn’t “reset the clock” on the fraud involved in obtaining the bitcoin initially, but they were likely generally, on their own, fraudulent transactions.