UK authorities have seized Monero (XMR) from a drug dealer who admitted to selling dangerous 'weight loss pills.'
This marks the first instance of the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) selling XMR for British pounds.
The case centers on Jack Edward Finney, a 28-year-old British citizen who used Monero to conduct transactions for the illegal drug DNP, which the UK Home Office has classified as poison.
Adrian Foster, lead prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), remarked on the significance of converting Monero into cash, emphasizing that criminals cannot evade justice by hiding funds in cryptocurrencies.
Andrew Quinn, head of the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit, expressed approval of the court’s ruling, which required Finney to forfeit the £23,000 he earned through his illegal activities on the dark web. Quinn highlighted the commitment to tracking and seizing illicit funds, regardless of their form.
The Monero tokens were liquidated through an unnamed cryptocurrency trading platform, converting them into British pounds and setting a precedent for future cases involving digital currencies and crime.
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