Bitcoin Exchange Operator Discussing Deal With US Prosecutors
Recent court documents show that one of the operators of bitcoin exchange Coin.mx is involved in discussions on a possible plea deal with US prosecutors. Assistant US Attorney Eun Young Choi asked the US District Court for the Southern District of New York last week to grant a 30-day continuance "to engage in further discussions with counsel about the disposition of the case" with defendant Anthony Murgio. Murgio was one of two Coin.mx employees arrested earlier this summer and later accused of money laundering and operating an illegal money services business out of Florida. The court....
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