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Re:Two Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges by Tomte on Monday March 30, 2015 @01:13PM (#9290924)
Looks like we have indeed found a third way to make money off Bitcoin.

The first two, both widely used so far, are

(a) operating a Bitcoin exchange and running away with customers' Bitcoins and

(b) hacking a Bitcoin exchange and running away with customers' Bitcoins.

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Re:Two Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges by r00fus on Monday March 30, 2015 @02:51PM (#9291675)
Corruption is always a way to make money - it's a time honored tradition. What I'm afraid we're seeing here is that if the corrupt individuals aren't sufficiently capable, they get caught.

What is going on that isn't being caught (or just as bad, being caught but not being punished because "important people" would be inconvenienced)?

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Re:Two Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Face Fraud Charges by Phlarp on Monday March 30, 2015 @01:48PM (#9291189)
(c) investigating bitcoin related crimes for a federal agency and selling access to your investigation back to the target
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