FBI Prevents Contract Assassination With Information From Coinbase – Bits Media

FBI tracked down the culprit, paying Killer for the failed murder Wives in bitcoins. Data, Including the photo of the suspect, were provided by Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange.

Resident of Tennessee Nelson Refloil (Nelson Replogle) Paid the killer for the murder of his wife Ann in BTC. According to the special agent of the FBI adhesive Anderson (Clay Anderson), The refractor sent a potential BTC killer along with the description of his wife’s car and time, When she had to take the pet to the veterinarian.

Agent Anderson learned about the scheme, set forth in the court, From the sheriff of the city of Knoxville, who told him about this after that, how to fire from BBC employees. Then the FBI agent warned Anne Refloor and her husband, who stated, which they do not imagine, who could harm her.

The FBI agent put pressure on BBC employees, which provided additional information, Including the address of the BTC wallet, which received a fee for murder. After that, Anderson turned to the FBI experts in cybersecurity, who helped to disclose the case, Analyzing the Bitcoin blockchain.

“The FBI headquarters provided an analysis of the transaction in the blockchain and was able to determine, that the address, from which payment was made, was a score on the Coinbase Exchange ", – Jerves Anderson.

Then the FBI sent Coinbase a court request to receive information about the account owner. The exchange provided an immediate response in connection with the "threat to life", which included not only the history of account transactions, But also the name refvils and photos, which he used when registering and undergoing a KYC check.

FBI also received IP address data, which refracted used to connect during translations. Then the FBI sent the Internet provider AT&T judicial request and company confirmed, that the refracter connected to the network from his home. Information, provided by Coinbase, included the name of the bank, which referted connected to his account. The bank confirmed, that the refractor used his personal savings account when buying a BTC for a killer.

However, the FBI has not yet been able to establish the identity of the killer. More likely, Killer did not use an adjustable service like Coinbase, requiring identification, and provided the customer with the address of the personal wallet.

Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies submit more and more court requests in Coinbase. According to the last report
Companies about transparency, The number of such requests has increased by 17% only in the last six months and has compiled more 4000 last year. The US tax service also easily receives the necessary information from regulated cryptocurrency exchanges.

Recently, the US Federal Court permitted
Tax service (IRS) Get information about customers of the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange and its subsidiaries, who made transactions with crypto actures worth more than $20 000. Last month, the court also satisfied
IRS request to receive Circle and Poloniex customer data from cryptocurrency exchanges.