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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by dsr_ on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:10PM (#35549514)
Parallel construction: if you do enough crime-adjacent things, the likelihood that you are also engaged in crime makes you interesting to law enforcement.
Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by celticninja on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:28PM (#35549643)
What is crime adjacent that isn't criminal activity?
Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by inlined on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:46PM (#35549784)
Large amounts of money being sent through tumblers is definitely suspicious. Or spending more money than reported income.
Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by hedora on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:55PM (#35549847)
Apparently, joining a police deputy gang, falsifying evidence trails and murdering civilians is OK, at least in L.A.:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/la-is-investigating...

I think pocketing any unlockable crypto-wallets you found along the way would cross the line. You could stick them into civil forfeiture and use the resulting cash to upgrade your department-owned car though.

Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by from on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:59PM (#35549889)
Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by Xorakios on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:44AM (#35551919)
Most famous right now?

Breonna Taylor (2020) - Louisville, Kentucky: Police officers entered the wrong apartment using a no-knock warrant, which led to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical technician.

Eurie Stamps Sr. (2011) - Framingham, Massachusetts: Police raided the wrong apartment, and during the operation, an officer's gun "accidentally discharged," killing Eurie Stamps Sr., a 68-year-old grandfather.

As many have mentioned above, civil forfeiture cases for carrying cash are rare, but devastating to people who are originally from countries/cultures that don't trust banks or police.

And of course "swatting" such as https://www.courthousenews.com/texas-woman-sentenced-for-swa...

Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by jacquesm on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:52AM (#35551965)
That's not what was meant with 'crime adjacent'.
Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by vertis on Thursday April 13, 2023 @05:56AM (#35553208)
Heh, it's a literal meaning of crime adjacent (presuming that the person in the actual target apartment was actually guilty).

I suspect anyone that was an early adopter of crypto is somewhat considered crime adjacent because so much of the early usage was silk road.

For a while after MtGox was hacked I used BTC-e (yes, I lost money in MtGox). It was later discovered(alleged?) that the operators of BTC-e were involved in laundering money for the MtGox hack[0]. I guess my very presence in that case would be considered crime adjacent.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTC-e