Law enforcement feared that it couldn't these kind of transactions. And i think this case proves that they can. A lot of financial crime investigations started because someone picked up the phone and called the fbi. The government has used different types of soft ware to help them solve different types of crimes before, but i think this is really a big moment in terms of how software is used as a tip,. Essentially, to point to possible financial crimes.
A tech investor and his rapper wife were busted for a multi-billion dollar bitcoin heist. They couldn’t really spend any of the money.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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