According to the New York Observer, Homeland Security has asked the court to seize funds that belongs to Dwolla account, and the court promptly approved their request. The reasons for this request have not yet been published. Bitcoin lately had grown rapidly and but also gone on a downward spiral, and earlier it had the reputation for being used in criminal activities (transfers of arms, people and drugs), which really does not mean anything, because for the same jobs criminals can use any other currency.

However, as a warrant for the seizure of the funds comes from the U.S. Homeland Security who are often called the American Gestapo, and not by the Ministry of Finance or the FBI, it is possible that the reasons are political, not purely financial.

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