Charlie Shrem Says There's "A Lot of Mistakes and Holes" In Case Against Him
Speaking on Wednesday evening on a panel in Manhattan, former BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem made some remarks with regard to his ongoing case. He was joined on stage by filmmaker Nicholas Mross, his brother Daniel Mross, and New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper, following the premiere of The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin documentary. Shrem is, of course, accused of laundering nearly $1 million to users of the former Silk Road deep web marketplace. He was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York in late January. (An alleged accomplice was also arrested around the same....
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Editor's Note: Charlie Shrem has responded publicly by clarifying that he has not been banned from any conferences. A misreading of events caused by verbiage which CCN profusely apologizes for initially printing. Shrem has responded to CCN inquiries from earlier today and will release a full statement on the happenings soon. CCN wishes Charlie Shrem the best of luck in his 9/22/14 trial, his case has been previously written about here. Charlie Shrem's favorite picture of Charlie Shrem. Embattled former Bitcoin Foundation member Charlie Shrem has faced his share of legal trouble with the....
Charlie Shrem is released from prison; Ethereum successfully “hard-forks,” and the Bank of England may issue its own digital currency. Want to catch up on your latest crypto-news? Take a look at the stories below. CHARLIE SHREM. Bitcoin evangelist Charlie Shrem has been released from prison after serving one year of what was originally set to be a two-year sentence. Shrem was arrested at JFK airport last year after speaking at a Bitcoin conference in Europe. Shrem was charged for helping a BitInstant customer covert USD to bitcoin that would ultimately be used to purchase drugs through the....
An example of the dangerous goods sold on Silk Road. Photo via yum9me. Many people in the Bitcoin community were shocked when they heard Charlie Shrem was arrested for allegedly laundering money for drug dealers from the Silk Road, but the moral, and perhaps even the legal, case against him is rather weak. While the US Government will definitely try to make an example out of Charlie, it's unclear as to whether or not the average person on the street would agree that he should be thrown in jail for decades. While you could make the argument that Charlie should have known what was going on....
Charlie Shrem was formally indicted on April 10th. Three months ago, Charlie Shrem, the former Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and CEO of the now-defunct BitInstant, was arrested in New York on charges of money laundering and acting as an unlicensed money transmitter. The allegations against Shrem were that he laundered over $1 million in bitcoins for users of Silk Road - the illegal online drug marketplace that was shut down by the FBI back in October 2013, and that he wilfully neglected to report unlawful transactions that were conducted through BitInstant by Robert Faiella, a....
Charlie Shrem is trying to buy time before presenting himself for the case where he has been accused to be a part of the Silk Road scandal. According to a March 28th filing in Manhattan federal court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Serrin Turner who is representing the 24-year-old Charlie Shrem, his client wants the case to be postponed until April 28th. Serrin Turner in his statement said that a possible deal to end the case may be coming through as negotiations are going on and postponing the case gives him and his client some time to make the deal work. Charlie Shrem, one of the brightest lads....