Bitcoin Evangelist Charlie Shrem Released from Prison

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....

Charlie Shrem has been released from prison and is quite happy to be out. In a blog post written on his personal website, he thanked the hundreds of people who showed him support while being locked up in Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp in Pennsylvania. Former BitInstant Co-Founder Charlie Shrem Is a Free Man. Charlie Shrem, co-founder of the now-defunct....

Charlie Shrem, former CEO of early bitcoin exchange BitInstant, has been released from prison after serving a sentence for money laundering and unlicensed money transmission. Shrem Released From Prison. Shrem announced his release (which actually happened a few weeks ago) in a blog post on his home page, titled “Onward.” In the post, he said he and his partner Courtney were living temporarily in southern Pennsylvania, and that he was enjoying “all the small things I missed while I was away.” Shrem thanked the people who supported him and communicated with him while he was in prison,....

Once the Vice Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and CEO of BitInstant, Charlie Shrem's fall from grace, began at JFK airport in New York where police arrested him on charges of money laundering and acting as an unlicensed money transmitter. Authorities alleged Shrem laundered more than $1 million. Shrem faced a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. Shrem's true story starts with BitInstant and his nightlife lifestyle via his Bitcoin accepting club in New York. Shrem was ultimately sentenced to two years in prison for Silk Road related charges. U. S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in....

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....