A DIY Vancouver bitcoin trader who begged federal agents posing as drug dealers to stop talking about where their money came from has been sentenced to 20 days in a U.S. jail.
Louis Ong pleaded guilty last week in Seattle U.S. District Court to operating an unlicensed money transmission business.
According to court documents, the 37-year-old told undercover operatives it was best if he didn’t know anything about the sale of narcotics.
“I didn’t hear that,” Ong explained to one agent. “So there is one thing I tell people is I don’t really care what … they use the bitcoin for … it’s better that I
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