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 Bitcoin Fog User Roman Sterlingov Gets 12.5 Years for Allegedly Running It Based on 'Junk Science'

Roman Sterlingov, 36, was sentenced to 150 months in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $395 million and seized assets worth around $1.76 million on Friday.

https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/bitcoin-fog-user-roman-sterlingov-gets-12-5-years-for-allegedly-running-it-based-on-junk-science/ 
 Holy shit this is awful 
 clearly trying to send a message to anyone develop anonymozing tech same was done to ross 
 Chainalysis can suck my dick.  
 accelerate privacy tech dev, let the deterrent sentencing backfire