Monday, June 26, 2023

Almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency, new data proves. It’s actually more like gambling

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Almost no one uses Bitcoin as currency, new data proves. It’s actually more like gambling



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A woman has been sentenced to 2 years 11 months imprisonment today (Friday, 23 June, 2023) by the Parramatta District Court for money laundering offences as a part of TaskforceAvarus.

The Sydney woman, 59, who was regarded as an “auntie” in an alleged Vietnamese organised crime network, was the signatory to 89 individual bank accounts and responsible for the coordination of criminal funds throughout Australia.

The AFP arrested the woman following a search warrant of two units at a complex in Carramar, New South Wales, on 13 December, 2021. At the complex, police seized more than $2.6 million in cash, which had been concealed in several compartments throughout the home and in a cavity beneath a religious shrine.

Money Laundering Mule