US Federal Prosecutor Kathryn Haun: “Bitcoin is About More Than Crime”
During the Silk Road nvestigation, Haun learned quite a few different things about online crime as well. For the longest time, there is a lot of discussion regarding Bitcoin usage among criminals. Kathryn Haun, the US Federal Prosecutor, recently unveiled how she tries to bring criminal Bitcoin usage to an end. Prosecuting cryptocurrency-related crimes has been proven to be quite a challenge so far, though. Getting in contact with Bitcoin has been quite a journey of discovery for US federal prosecutor Kathryn Haun. Ever since she first got in touch with cryptocurrency, her life has changed....
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In an almost hour long interview, Kathryn Haun, Assistant Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in San Francisco and lecturer on digital currencies at Stanford Law School, who prosecuted her own colleagues, Shaun Bridges, a former Secret Services agent and Carl Mark Force, a DEA agent, for public corruption in an investigation arising from Silk Road, the infamous drug bazaar shut down in 2013, stated that the reason United States government did not shut down bitcoin is because they “recognize you can’t shut down bitcoin.” “There is simply no way” – Haun said, “with these technologies....
The Silk Road case will make headlines again this week with Ross Ulbricht's sentencing. One of the players in the still unfolding saga is Assistant US Attorney Kathryn Haun, who heads digital currency initiatives for northern California at the US Department of Justice. Haun will speak on the blockchain and transparency at Consensus 2015. With Ross Ulbricht's sentencing due Friday, the Silk Road story is a hot topic once again. But even when Ulbricht's sentencing is complete, the saga looks to be far from over. One of the stranger twists in an already convoluted tale is the case against two....
A federal prosecutor has come out in favor of blockchain technology as a tool for good — after years investigating those who use cryptocurrency for criminal activities. Prosecutor: ‘There’s Always A Counterfeit Public Document’. Speaking in an interview with Forbes on Wednesday, prosecutor Kathryn Haun said she understands blockchain technology has real....
Former federal prosecutor Katie Haun says that regulators really need to take stock of the fact that we’re beyond just financial use cases of cryptocurrency. “There’s much more to crypto than that,” she said, adding that “Regulation cannot be one size fits all.” Haun further said that crypto is not the Wild West and the industry wants clarity, not lack of regulation.
Former Federal Prosecutor Discusses Crypto Regulation and SEC’s Role
Katie Haun talked about cryptocurrency and its regulation at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha....
Former U. S. Secret Service agent Shaun Bridges pleaded guilty Monday to money laundering and obstruction of justice while investigating Silk Road, according to Bloomberg. Bridges admitted he stole $820,000 in bitcoins while serving on a Baltimore task force investigating the Silk Road Internet drug emporium. Bridges agreed in June to plead guilty to the charges. During Monday's hearing, a federal judge ordered Bridges to submit to electronic monitoring, and a curfew after a prosecutor told the judge Bridges tried to change his identity and possessed illegal firearms. Prosecutor: Bridges....