They are accused for money laundering via Bitcoin transactions on the black market, primarily the Silk Road. The mentioned amount is over one billion dollars. In addition, they are also under suspicion for trade illegal goods such as drugs and opiates on the mentioned site.

This is a huge legal blow to a group of influential business leaders who publicly lobbied for Bitcoin, which have been recently joined by the Winklevoss brothers, known as "true" founders of Facebook. After these arrests they said that they are very concerned about the further development of the situation and the value of Bitcoin. In light of this news the value of Bitcoin declined by more than 3%.

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