Fed's RAID Crypto Mecca in USA
New Hampshire has license plates that state "Live Free or Die" and for nearly that past 20-years has been the focal area for the Libertarian movement. As that movement morphed to include Crypto (away from Fiat) it started to draw some attention from the powers that be.
Keene, NH is a small town with less than 25,000 people (almost an ideal place to raise a family) until the early morning hours yesterday when the Feds arrived armed to the teeth and breached a home and office and started confiscating property (BTC ATM, Cash, Stored Silver and two physical BTC coins). The Target was the Bitcoin Embassy (didn't know there was such a thing) and the operators and their network. (Almost sounds like a RAID on the drug cartel however, this took place March 16th in one of the original 13 Colonies - New Hampshire!
No reports of injuries during the early morning raids were recorded.
One can assume that all the BTC, cash and precious metals will not be given back to the rightful owners due to a little known Law known as Civil Asset Forfeiture! Learn more here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States
Main stream media provided no coverage of this raid - I stumbled upon it.
Summary even if you think you are within the boundaries of normal the powers that be might construe you in violation of their rules and system. Perhaps you get a warning or just a visit or two of under covers. Not sure what prompted the raid after all these years, must have been all the money laundering and crime it supported.
https://www.theverge.com/22599932/bitcoin-raid-keene-new-hampshire-ian-freeman-libertarian-prosecution
