Authorities sentenced the operator of an infamous Bitcoin mixer service, dubbed Helix, to three years in federal prison.
Notorious Helix Bitcoin tumbler operator sentenced to three years in prison
Larry Dean Harmon, a 41-year-old Ohio man, ran the elaborate operation between 2014 and 2017.
The illicit platform served as a critical laundering tool for dark web marketplaces, allowing cybercrooks to obfuscate over $311 million worth of Bitcoin at the time—worth roughly $32 billion today.
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