![]() However, due to the device’s enhanced security features, the authorities initially couldn’t access the stored bitcoins. These assets were subject to forfeiture in the criminal case. ![]() ![]() Most of the laundered volume originated from darknet markets.Īuthorities seized various assets during Larry Harmon’s arrest, including a cryptocurrency storage device containing illegal proceeds earned through Helix. Helix had laundered over 350,000 bitcoins, valued at over $300 million at the time of the transactions. Larry Harmon was arrested in February 2020 for operating Helix, a darknet-based cryptocurrency money-laundering service, commonly referred to as a “mixer” or “tumbler”. These bitcoins were proceeds from the darknet bitcoin mixer Helix and were part of a pending criminal forfeiture case.Īccording to court documents, Harmon, 31, from Cleveland, conducted a scheme to steal cryptocurrency linked to pending criminal forfeiture proceedings against his brother, Larry Dean Harmon. ![]() An Ohio resident, Gary James Harmon, has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for stealing over 712 Bitcoins. ![]()
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