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Table of Contents

Section

Page
Number

About the Editor

3

Introduction

4

Virtual Currency Investigative Challenges and Opportunities

8

IRS Virtual Currency Guidance

19

FinCEN Fines BTC-e Virtual Currency Exchange $110 Million

20

Application of FinCEN’s Regulations to Virtual Currency Mining Operations

22

Beyond Silk Road: Potential Risks, Threats, and Promises of Virtual Currencies

27

ICE Homeland Security Investigative Programs

34

Investor Alert: Bitcoin and Other Virtual Currency-Related Investments

41

Addressing the Illicit Finance Risks of Virtual Currency

45

Former Virtual Currency CEO Pleads Guilty to $9 Million Fraud Scheme

58

The Roles of the SEC and CFTC

60

SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam

71

Investor Bulletin: Initial Coin Offerings

73

Regulation of Bitcoin in Selected Nations

77