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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Bitclub Network Promoter Admits to Securities Fraud and Tax Offenses

Joseph Frank Abel recently pled guilty to conspiring to offer and sell unregistered securities and to filing a false tax return in connection with his role in the BitClub Network, a cryptocurrency mining scheme worth at least...more

United States v. Gratkowski - Beware of Inanimate Objects That Violate Your Privacy

In Philip K. Dick’s novel Ubik, the sci-fi legend warned the world of the dangers of inanimate objects that could violate our privacy. In a virtual nod to Ubik and Dick, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the privacy...more

Bitcoin Data Akin to Bank Records Under Fourth Amendment

Faced with the novel question of whether an individual has a Fourth Amendment privacy interest in the records of their Bitcoin transactions, the Fifth Circuit found that Bitcoin data is akin to bank records and not subject to...more

Take the Money and Run - Bitcoin Transfers (even within the same state) Provide Basis for Federal Jurisdiction in Money Laundering...

Earlier this month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the money laundering convictions of Thomas Costanzo, a bitcoin broker. According to Costanzo, the bitcoin transfers at issue, which originated from and were...more

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