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Bitcoin Not Money, Miami Judge Rules In Dismissing Laundering Charges by Theraregem(m): 5:43pm On Jul 28, 2016 |
A Miami-Dade judge ruled on Monday that Bitcoin is not actually money, a decision that have made the cyberspace agog by proponents of the virtual currency that has become popular across the world. The case was closely watched in financial and tech circles, the judge threw out the felony charges against website designer Michell Espinoza, who had been charged with illegally transmitting and laundering $1,500 worth of Bitcoins. He sold them to undercover detectives who told him they wanted to use the money to buy stolen credit-card numbers. But Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Teresa Mary Pooler ruled that Bitcoin was not backed by any government or bank, and was not “tangible wealth” and “cannot be hidden under a mattress like cash and gold bars.” “The court is not an expert in economics; however, it is very clear, even to someone with limited knowledge in the area, the Bitcoin has a long way to go before it the equivalent of money,” Pooler wrote in an eight-page order. Read more:http://www.techcrux.net/2016/07/bitcoin-not-money-miami-judge-rules-in.html
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