A U.S. citizen who ran a service that advertised it could evade sanctions using Bitcoin has been identified and charged by authorities. The person operated an online payments and remittance platform that used Bitcoin and was based in a country sanctioned by the United States. The citizen, who is unnamed at this point, even advertised their platform as a way to avoid sanctions, and sent $10 million worth of Bitcoin between the U.S. and the sanctioned country, according to an opinion written by a judge and published on Friday. The opinion shows, once again, that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are highly traceable ... (full story)