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The inancial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Treasury Department announced a $ 60 million shell fine on bitcoin hashing services.

Larry Dean Harmon has been accused by the US Department of Justice of creating a Bitcoin Helix mixer focused on the needs of darknet users. FinCEN says it has identified "at least 356,000 bitcoin transactions that passed through Helix between June 2014 and December 2017."

“From June 2014. To December 2017, Helix processed more than 1,225,000 transactions for its clients and purchased with virtual currency wallet addresses that sent or received more than $ 311 million. During the test, FinCEN identified at least 356,000 bitcoin transactions that passed through Helix. "

FinCEN claims that Harmon has deliberately violated the law in registering and reporting remittance activities as well as not applying anti-money laundering measures and not reporting responsibility for anti-money laundering measures and reporting liability.