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Re:Police arrested Dutch man with Bitcoin mining farm for mo... by IgorPartola on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @01:23PM (#7517208)
Hold on. Isn't BTC property, not money? By that logic this is like stealing corn, making candy corn, then selling it. Still illegal, but not money laundering.
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Re:Police arrested Dutch man with Bitcoin mining farm for mo... by bjitty on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @01:30PM (#7517277)
This didn't happen in the US. Although maybe the Dutch government has declared it property as well. I'm not sure.
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Re:Police arrested Dutch man with Bitcoin mining farm for mo... by the_mitsuhiko on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @01:52PM (#7517511)
Only as far as the IRS i considered.
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