Unofficial investigations into money laundering in the United States occasion of the late Gox cryptocurrency exchange alleged that a "shell" British company was involved in the BTC 650,000 bleaching (equal to about $ 6.9 billion at press time) the March 7th.

According to a presentation by File On 4, a program on the news and Radio 4, the company Always Efficient LLP participated in the processing of pirated funds in Tokyo

Also within the framework of the 39; official FBI operation, Always Efficient LLP claims to be based in London, its address is "shared by several other companies" and "likely to be a shell", Duncan Hames of the anti-corruption group Transparency International told the broadcaster

"People who launder money will establish a network of companies to create layers between the original crime and their attempts to then integrate the proceeds of their crime into the economy ", he claimed. Cointelegraph previously r Reported on how a European-based exchange, BTC-e, became home to Mt. Gox's investigation of laundered funds

The exchange has since been renamed, but its alleged former operator Alexander Vinnik remains in detention. Vinnik denies involvement in Mount. Gox.

Meanwhile, trustee and bankruptcy attorney for Mount. Gox Nobuaki Kobayashi has reportedly sold more than $ 400 million to BTC since September 2017 to credit customers who lost funds during the piracy.