What the hell is going on ?
Liberty Reserve - a Costa Rican-based digital currency service - has been shut down after the reported arrest of its founder.
Authorities in the Central American country said Arthur Budovsky had been taken into custody in Spain on suspicion of money laundering, following an investigation which also involved the US.
They added that police had raided several of Mr Budovsky's properties and seized his computer servers.
The site went offline on Thursday.
Source link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22680297
Liberty Reserve - a Costa Rican-based digital currency service - has been shut down after the reported arrest of its founder.
Authorities in the Central American country said Arthur Budovsky had been taken into custody in Spain on suspicion of money laundering, following an investigation which also involved the US.
They added that police had raided several of Mr Budovsky's properties and seized his computer servers.
The site went offline on Thursday.
Source link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22680297