Update: the charges against Mohamed Yousseff, Artur Shaback, and Ivan Suhharev were dismissed and their cases were closed on Nov. 14, 2016, according to court documents from the Miami-Dade County criminal justice system. The greater Bitcoin community has been besieged by various levels of criminal activity, particularly over the last three years, as Bitcoin has become much more noticed by the mainstream. From the Silk Road’s dominance of the deep webs’ drug trade, to various ransomware and money laundering schemes, Bitcoin has attracted more than just your 21st century early adopting tech geek to its skill set. This weekend, Bitcoin’s …
Darkwallet’s Cody Wilson has been denied shipping support from FedEx over a device, which allows anyone to manufacture the bodies of anonymous firearms at home. Wilson, who is co-founder of “firearm-access nonprofit” Defense Distributed, unveiled the computer-controlled (CNC) mill (similar to a 3D printer), dubbed the Ghost Gunner, last year, but has been told by FedEx it will not be shipped to customers on “legal” grounds, Yahoo! reports. The US$1,500 piece of equipment, while not able to produce a fully-finished product, does allow users to manufacture bodies of an AR-15 rifle without a serial number. In a statement, FedEx explained: …