In May, the anonymous online banking service Liberty Reserve was abruptly shut down as part of an international sting by the Justice Department. The site was charged with laundering more than $1 billion each year for identity thieves and drug traffickers from their headquarters in Costa Rica. Today, one of the co-founders, Vladimir Kats, has pled guilty to the charges, admitting his role in the criminal marketplace than spanned more than one million users worldwide.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/31/5052428/liberty-reserve-co-founder-pleads-guilty-in-6-billion-money
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