In Kostroma traders arrested for cashing 530 million rubles in Bitcoin
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In April, the government of Quebec published a report in which it called Bitcoin a bad choice for fraudsters. The paper noted that the coin is not convenient for the opposers to leave traces, because it is controlled by numerous Federal and regional laws.
Overall, However, the industry attracts many criminals. For example, residents of Kostroma was opened by the exchange for the exchange of digital money for Fiat money without banking license. They were detained by the police — both received suspended sentences, writes .
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Entrepreneurs took orders for cashing cryptocurrency and charged a Commission of 0.5% of the amount. According to the investigators, for two years, the men managed to spend through the platform 530 million rubles and earn 2.6 million rubles.
In the decision of the Kostroma regional court says that the defendants created a credit organization that conducted the transactions through various payment systems — PerfectMoney, BTC-eUSD, QIWI, Yandexmoney and others. All this happened without opening a Bank account.
The network «» was was sites intended for the exchange of electronic money, on which were placed the contact information, as well as information on the types and courses of electronic money (e-currency), on the rules of their exchange, about the limits of electronic money.
The court sentenced the crooks to 2 and 1,5 years conditionally under item "a" of part 2 of article 171 of the criminal code. We are talking about entrepreneurial activities without registration or without a license, where such license is required, if the offense involves the generation of income in especially large size.
Hopefully, the adoption of the law on cryptocurrencies in Russia will make the process of obtaining the necessary licences more transparent. Event .
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