The operators of a global currency exchange ran a $6 billion
money-laundering operation online, a central hub for criminals trafficking in
everything from stolen identities to child pornography, federal prosecutors in New York said on
Tuesday.
The currency exchange, Liberty Reserve, operated beyond the
traditional confines of United
States and international banking regulations
in what prosecutors called a shadowy netherworld of cyberfinance. It traded in
virtual currency and provided the kind of anonymous and easily accessible
banking infrastructure increasingly sought by criminal networks.....
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