Creator Of World S First Digital Currency Gets 20 Years In Prison Techworm
42 year old Arthur Budovsky, its creator first started the digital currency service in 2006 from Costa Rica. However it fell foul with US authorities and the Liberty Reserve creator was arrested. In a ruling yesterday, a US judge sentenced Budovsky to 20 years. The U.S. government contended that the whole thing was just a massive, $6 billion money laundering operation. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote sentenced him to two decades in federal prison....