Woman Arrested for Sending $60,000 in Bitcoin to ISIS

A woman in Long Island has been arrested and charged for sending about $150,000 to the terrorist group ISIS. Of that amount, roughly $60,000 was in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and other virtual currencies offer people an economic system that lies outside the purview of national governments and banks. As with any other means of economic capital, virtual currencies can be used for things that are good and those that are bad. A marknRead MorenThe post Woman Arrested for Sending $60,

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