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Reminds me of all the US cops just seizing cash and forcing a lawsuit for it to be returned.

However, it's an inherent risk with crypto if the law requires all your income to be explicable. i.e.

> The decision to arrest stated that I was receiving money from Coinbase, and therefore it is impossible to trace the source of funds

It's not clear if he knew who his counterparties were? (natural persons, not accounts)

I see the comment thread is going to be people just assuming guilt or innocence based on a cursory reading of this, which is going to be a mess.

Is the implication then that if I sell lemonade out on the street and you give me cash for one that my funds should be seized because I don't know the provenance of the cash?

If the transaction value at your lemonade stand exceeds €10,000, then in the EU, you are required to verify the identity of the beneficial owner of the funds, thanks to AML5.

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