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Bitcoin money launderer Ian Freeman ordered to pay $3.5 million to romance scam victims
A New Hampshire libertarian activist and radio show host convicted of using bitcoin to launder tens of millions of dollars in proceeds from romance scams and internet fraud was ordered to pay more than $3.5 million in restitution to 29 primarily elderly victims, prosecutors said Tuesday. The launderer, Ian Freeman also was ordered by a judge to forfeit other assets as restitution for the scheme, which among other things used several churches to receive money from victims under the guise of being donations before it was swapped for cryptocurrency, prosecutors said. The assets included about 5.24 bitcoin currently ... (full story)