Florida bitcoin case tests money laundering limits

Published April 9, 2014 3:31pm ET



MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers burst through a hotel room door with guns drawn, yelling “Police! Get Down!” just after an alleged money laundering transaction went down. But instead of briefcases stuffed with a drug dealer’s cash, this exchange involved an undercover officer with supposedly stolen credit cards and the virtual currency bitcoin.

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