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Re:Bitcoin Promoter Gets 2 Years for Silk Road Money Laundering by hurin on Saturday December 20, 2014 @07:00PM (#8778427)
Because criminal convictions against a major bank could have serious repercussions, probably both in terms of international relations and economically.

In the same spirit - Silkroad the great online evil of the drug trade, had a yearly turnover of less than .1% of the world drug market.

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Re:Bitcoin Promoter Gets 2 Years for Silk Road Money Laundering by epscylonb on Sunday December 21, 2014 @02:16AM (#8779197)
If you owe me 100 dollars you have a problem, if you owe me a million dollars I have problem.
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Re:Bitcoin Promoter Gets 2 Years for Silk Road Money Laundering by higherpurpose on Saturday December 20, 2014 @11:08PM (#8778905)
Not as serious as sending them the message that they can continue uninhibited.
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