Costa Rican court sentences two bitcoin-ransom money launderers to 12 years in prison each
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A Costa Rican court sentenced two men to 12 years in prison each for money laundering.
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[Costa Rica issues another ruling in the 148 BTC kidnapping-ransom case: two people sentenced for money laundering]
A Costa Rican court sentenced two men to 12 years in prison each for money laundering. The case involved the 2018 kidnapping and killing of U.S. businessman William Sean Creighton Kopko. His family paid a ransom of approximately 148 bitcoin, worth about 1000000 USD at the time. The court found that the two defendants received part of the ransom and deposited it into wallets they controlled to conceal the origin of the assets.
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Key points
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The case involved the 2018 kidnapping and killing of U.S. businessman William Sean Creighton Kopko.
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His family paid a ransom of approximately 148 bitcoin, worth about 1000000 USD at the time.
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The court found that the two defendants received part of the ransom and deposited it into wallets they controlled to conceal the origin of the assets.
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The court found that the two defendants deposited part of a kidnapping ransom into wallets they controlled in an attempt to conceal the origin of the assets and therefore convicted them of money laundering.
Why it matters to readers
It shows that crypto-asset wallets may be used to receive and conceal criminal proceeds and that related transactions may become evidence in money-laundering cases.
It shows that although bitcoin transactions occur through wallets, the source of funds may still be traced in a criminal case.
Risks and unknowns
The source does not provide the names of the two defendants.
The source does not state the specific date of the new ruling or the details of any earlier ruling.
The source does not state how much of the 148 bitcoin the defendants received.
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