FBI Seizes Virtualine Domain Over Alleged Criminal Hosting and Bitcoin Money Laundering
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the seizure of a domain associated with a bulletproof hosting provider (BPH) named Virtualine. The move was in response to the service being used to commit and facilitate prolific criminal activity, including "the advertisement of sexually explicit images of minors, the intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions
What happened
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday announced the seizure of a domain associated with a bulletproof hosting provider (BPH) named Virtualine. The move was in response to the service being used to commit and facilitate prolific criminal activity, including "the advertisement of sexually explicit images of minors, the intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions
Why it matters
The proceeding may create legal precedent, financial exposure or operating constraints for Bitcoin.
Affected entities
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Claims
- FBI Seizes Virtualine Domain Over Alleged Criminal Hosting and Bitcoin Money Laundering Observed
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Timeline
- First reported