Does this mean she wasn't the owner of those £2B in bitcoins? So they didn't caught the billionaire in question, they caught someone that was working for him or her
I didn't find it clear from either article that there was another "woman" behind the one that was caught (as opposed to any number of individuals of any gender)
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Clicking through the "More on this story" link, we find
Which sounds like she was facilitating money laundering without holding any criminal property herself. For a more comprehensive explanation, see e.g. https://www.jmw.co.uk/blog/business-money-laundering/three-m...
It sounds like what the US often calls "conspiracy to ...".
Does this mean she wasn't the owner of those £2B in bitcoins? So they didn't caught the billionaire in question, they caught someone that was working for him or her
I think the article was pretty clear that the woman caught was a front for the other woman.
I didn't find it clear from either article that there was another "woman" behind the one that was caught (as opposed to any number of individuals of any gender)
Sorry, there was more info in the articles linked in the discussion. This one, in particular:
https://archive.ph/mTPuL
from this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40511214