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Sherm is also vice president of the Bitcoin Foundation, created in 2012 , whose function is to promote the use of digital currency.
Both were charged with selling bitcoins , a virtual currency that allows anonymous trading and has become a popular alternative to the current - to portal users SilkRoad for the purchase and sale of narcotics anonymous monetary system, reported the Office of New York .
Moreover, this site could acquire weapons or even pay killers or other criminals so totally online .
"Both defendants have been charged with knowingly facilitating anonymous drug sales and thereby obtain significant benefits ," he said in a joint statement the DEA agent , James Hunt.
Visitors could purchase this virtual currency and buy unidentified drug Silk Road - closed last October , " getting away from the authorities," said Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara said, adding that the two suspects incur a crime of at least 20 years in prison .
"When bitcoins as any traditional currency is laundered andHow Bitcoin works? What is mining?
used to fuel criminal activities , the authorities have no choice but to take action," he added. According to him, pursue justice "without ceasing" to all who might be tempted to use the " new forms of money " for illegal purposes.
Who is Charlie Shrem ?
In addition to being CEO of Bitinstant , is vice president of the Bitcoin Foundation and is one of the most popular in this new form of online payment figures. The Winklevoss brothers, who played Mark Zuckerberg 's original idea of Facebook, an investment fund created in bitcoins and was one of the most important props Bitinstant , whose services were suspended following the announcement of the arrests.
