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Japanese authorities trace Monero, arrest 18 in $670K laundering case

">The group of scammers has been under investigation by Japan’s newly formed cybercrime unit since August.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/monero-transactions-japanese-authorities-arrest-18-scammers?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Peace K 🪙 1y ago

So Monero isn't as untraceable as it claims. Or did they not use Tor?

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keunoak 1y ago

Malicious nodes probably. Run your own nodes people!

Saberhagen The Nameless 1y ago

Info is vague and lacking detail

These clickbaity articles of "tracing" Monero are nothing new. They always involve some roundabout way that has nothing to do with Monero directly (exchanges, transparent crypto hopping, on/off ramps, etc)