| The judge threw out money laundering charges against a man who sold bitcoins to undercover cops. In a win for bitcoin advocates, a Florida judge on Monday ruled that bitcoins do not count as money, throwing out felony charges against a website designer accused of illegally transmitting and laundering $1,500 worth of bitcoins.
Florida resident Michell Espinoza faced felony charges after selling bitcoins to undercover detectives who told him they wanted to use the bitcoins to buy stolen credit card numbers, as the Miami Herald reports...............................................Full Article: Source
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