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How this will probably play out:

FBI agent: What cryptocurrency assets do you own?

You: 2 BTC, 1 ETH.

FBI agent: We found some Monero transactions in your past, we think you're holding XMR and lying to an FBI agent about it. Off to jail for you.



>FBI agent: What cryptocurrency assets do you own?

>You: 2 BTC, 1 ETH.

bzzzt

You're supposed to remain silent, not expose yourself by lying.


John McAfee claimed they were doing this to him before he "suicided".


> we think

They need evidence


More specifically for a criminal case they’d need evidence beyond reasonable doubt, no?




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