is that confirmed that he was an “instigator”? Obviously he’s a former IRS guy, just haven’t read any reporting about his connection to Sterlingov
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IIRC, Sterlingov's counsel at some point during the case listed him as someone related to the case that was in the book "Tracers in the Dark", which discussed the Bitcoin fog investigation and which Sterlingov sought to introduce as evidence (or use as a basis for being able to speak publicly about the case).
But perhaps he was never directly involved in Bitcoin fog, as I cannot find anything stating as much.