Оператор миксера Helix получил 3 года тюрьмы за отмывание денег

cryptonews.ruPubblicato 2022-09-16Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-11-16

Ларри Хармон, арестованный в 2020 году за помощь преступникам в отмывании денег через миксер криптовалют Helix, приговорен к трем годам тюрьмы. Приговор был проявлением снисходительности из-за его помощи в деле миксера Bitcoin Fog, заявила судья окружного суда округа Колумбия Берил Хауэлл.

«Шокирующие» преступления, глубокое раскаяние

Хармону грозило наказание до 20 лет за предъявленные ему обвинения. Правительство рекомендовало приговор на 75 месяцев 11 ноября. В 2020 году Хармон был оштрафован на 60 миллионов долларов Сетью по борьбе с финансовыми преступлениями Министерства финансов.

Хармон помогал прокурорам в деле против оператора Bitcoin Fog Романа Стерлингова, который 8 ноября был приговорен к 12,5 годам лишения свободы. Хармон выразил раскаяние в вынесенном ему приговоре. Он также закрыл Helix за два года до своего ареста, отметила судья при вынесении ему приговора.

«Он изменился до того, как его арестовали по этому делу», — сказала она.

Хармону также было приказано конфисковать около 311 миллионов долларов наличными и у него были «изъяты криптовалюты, недвижимость и денежные активы на сумму более 400 миллионов долларов».

Хармона обвинили в перемещении более 350 000 BTC через Helix. Стоимость криптовалюты на тот момент оценивалась в «более 300 миллионов долларов». Прокурор Олден Пелкер назвал масштаб преступлений Хармона «ошеломляющим», заявив:

«Он привнес поисковую оптимизацию местным дистрибьюторам кокаина».

Хармон был арестован в феврале 2020 года и признал себя виновным в августе следующего года. Он управлял криптомиксером даркнета Helix с 2014 по 2017 год и отмыл более 350 000 BTC за это время. Helix работал совместно с поисковой системой даркнета Grams, которой также управлял Хармон. Согласно заявлению Министерства юстиции:

«Хармон работал над тем, чтобы Grams и Helix были подключены или иным образом поддерживали все основные рынки даркнета в то время. Хармон разработал интерфейс прикладных программ (API), чтобы позволить рынкам даркнета интегрировать Helix напрямую в свои системы вывода биткоинов».

Сначала Хармон утверждал в суде, что биткоин — это не деньги, поэтому его нельзя обвинить в отмывании денег.

Источник: Trendy Hipster

Плохой брат Ларри Гэри

Налоговая служба, отдел уголовных расследований завладели кошельками Хармона после его ареста. Младший брат Хармона Гэри Хармон позже использовал пароли Ларри Хармона, чтобы перевести 712 BTC (стоимостью более 5 миллионов долларов на тот момент) с этих кошельков на свои собственные.

Гэри Хармон был арестован в июле 2021 года. Ему было приказано сдать 20 миллионов долларов в криптовалюте, и он отсидел четыре года в тюрьме за мошенничество с использованием электронных средств и воспрепятствование осуществлению правосудия.

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