Bitcoin’s ‘First Felon’ Charlie Shrem Begins 2-Year Sentence

By March 30, 2015Bitcoin Business

Bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem begins his stint in prison today, having been sentenced in December to two years behind bars.

The 25-year-old will serve his time at Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp in Pennsylvania for aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money transmitting business.

"Of course I’m scared, but I’ll get through it. I’ve prepared," he told CoinDesk in a recent interview.Of his 24-month sentence, Shrem hopes to only serve nine or 10 months and indicated that, while […]

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