Doctor Bitcoin, Jailed For Selling P2P, Warns Others They’ll Be Nextbitcoinmagazine.com/culture/doctor-bitcoin-jailed-for-selling
174 sats \ 7 comments \ @P2P_bitcoin 7 Sep 2022 bitcoin
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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @P2P_bitcoin OP 7 Sep 2022
"I smell a turd. I think something is very much wrong. I think [Dr. Bitcoin] is being told by the FEDs to put this narrative out there, to put the fear of God into [the typical P2P trader who does simple single trades with a counterparty]."
Beginning at the 0:25:15 mark, covered is the plight of the P2P trader "Doctor Bitcoin".
Bitcoin And . . . LFG! Ep609 is LIVE! #66989 https://soundcloud.com/bitcoin-and/bitcoin-and-lfg-ep609
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118 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 7 Sep 2022
Being cooperative and “fully transparent” during the raid, Hopkins said that he informed the federal agents of his public Doctor Bitcoin and professional LinkedIn profile, and he shared details of his past consulting work with multiple U.S. governmental agencies (including the Federal Reserve) on bitcoin and blockchain technology. Hopkins claimed that he even explained in person to the raiding agents some best practices for using bitcoin wallets (e.g., auto-generating new addresses at random with every new use), finding himself quite surprised that agents of this white-collar crime division were not already well-versed in such tech.
SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN YOU'RE BEING RAIDED!
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/legally-weird/dont-talk-to-the-feds-without-a-lawyer-ever/
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @P2P_bitcoin OP 7 Sep 2022
For additional comments and info, see another post found here on SN:
P2P Bitcoin Trader prosecuted #66620 https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1566555742110351363.html https://twitter.com/rizzn/status/1566555742110351363 [Nitter]
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 8 Sep 2022
I dont doubt it. But what is happening is that the IRS is getting weaponized, they are hiring almost 90k new agents. These agents will most likely be hired based on their political preference, and they will investigate any people who are seen as enemies of the establishment -"Show me the man and i will show you the crime". Its soft fascism for lack of a better term. Most people wont care enough because they think it wont be them that gets targeted. But lets see.
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 7 Sep 2022
I’m curious to see the case files on this. And was this a trial by jury or did he just plead guilty
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @P2P_bitcoin OP 8 Sep 2022
He plead guilty (a plea bargain).
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25 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 Sep 2022
What I figured. Feds must of had him dead to rights on the crime that was committed.
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