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An Ohio man guilty of Bitcoin laundering must forfeit over $400 million in assets

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Larry Dean Harmon will serve three years in prison and forfeit more than $400 million worth of cryptocurrency and other assets.

Harmon was indicted in 2020 on money laundering conspiracy charges related to Helix , a darkweb cryptocurrency “mixer” service he ran.

He processed more than 350,000 Bitcoin ( about $311 million USD at the time) in such transactions.

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