French police dismantle illegal Bitcoin exchange, seize Bitcoin

French police dismantle illegal Bitcoin exchange, seize Bitcoin

In the first ever operation, French police have shut down an illegal Bitcoin exchange, and in the process seizing 328 “virtual currency units” worth around 200,00 Euros, or $272,800 at current exchange rates. According to Reuters, two people in the Riveria coastal cities of Cannes and Nice were placed under investigation Friday, under the suspicion they were running a website that illegally sold and lent Bitcoin to its users. In a raid that happened last week to one of the suspects residences, investigators seized a portfolio of Bitcoins, credit cards and computer hardware.


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