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NEWS: Former Goldman Sachs employee faces charges of $2.7M (€2.5M) in bitcoin laundering

By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

A former Goldman Sachs employee has been charged with laundering $2.3M (€2M) through cryptocurrencies for international criminals.

Thomas Spieker, a former Goldman Sachs equity researcher, was described by prosecutors as a virtual Bitcoin ATM who exchanged cash for cryptocurrency. 

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