oh...? mind giving me a tldr then?
Discussion
they got arrested for providing a coinjoin service that they took a fee for being the coordinator. that was the mistake, and it was already known in the industry that you can't participate in these kinds of things because they are and historically have been prosecuted under AML laws.
ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴡʜʏ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ꜱʏᴍᴘᴀᴛʜʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴜʟʙʀɪᴄʜᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʀʀᴇꜱᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴅɪʀᴛʏ, ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛ ɪɴᴠᴇꜱᴛɪɢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄᴇʀꜱ ᴇɴɢᴀɢɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴀᴄᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ, ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘᴀʀᴅᴏɴᴇᴅ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ꜱɪʟᴋ ʀᴏᴀᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ꜰᴏʀᴜᴍ. ɪᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴀɴʏ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴇxᴄᴇᴘᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ ᴅᴇᴘᴏꜱɪᴛ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴘᴇʀꜰᴇᴄᴛʟʏ ʟᴇɢᴀʟ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴʏ ᴡᴇʙꜱɪᴛᴇ - ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀʀɢᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ