Florida Appeals Espinoza Decision, Bitcoin’s Status at Stake

[jamie.redman1]

The state Florida made headlines when Miami-Dade’s Circuit Judge Teresa Mary Pooler tossed out anti-money-laundering charges against website designer Michell Espinoza. According to recent reports, though, the state is filing an appeal against the decision to dismiss charges.

State Of Florida Appeals Judge Pooler’s Decision to Dismiss Charges

In February 2014, Espinoza was charged for unlicensed money transmissions and AML violations after selling bitcoins to an undercover Detective Ricardo Arias on the peer-to-peer trading website LocalBitcoins. Arias purchased bitcoins from Espinoza multiple times and then escalated the investigation when he purchased $30,000 USD worth of bitcoin.

https://news.bitcoin.com/florida-appeal ... -decision/

[nandibear]

@jamie.redman1

Excellent work on your article regarding Bitcoin and the Courts.

Thanks for the time you put in writing it and keep up the good work

[mjglqw]

hopefully he has a good lawyer

[jamie.redman1]

@jamie.redman1

Excellent work on your article regarding Bitcoin and the Courts.

Thanks for the time you put in writing it and keep up the good work

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

[iFixBTCmemoryIssues]

The state Florida made headlines when Miami-Dade’s Circuit Judge Teresa Mary Pooler tossed out anti-money-laundering charges against website designer Michell Espinoza. According to recent reports, though, the state is filing an appeal against the decision to dismiss charges.

State Of Florida Appeals Judge Pooler’s Decision to Dismiss Charges

In February 2014, Espinoza was charged for unlicensed money transmissions and AML violations after selling bitcoins to an undercover Detective Ricardo Arias on the peer-to-peer trading website LocalBitcoins. Arias purchased bitcoins from Espinoza multiple times and then escalated the investigation when he purchased $30,000 USD worth of bitcoin.

https://news.bitcoin.com/florida-appeal ... -decision/

You would think the cops have something better to do in Florida than bust someone selling Bitcoin. What a joke.