Cyber Crimes Unit to Catch Sexual Predators By Mining Bitcoin

The Blockchain Intelligence Group caught this news report about the cyber crimes police unit at Benton County, Arkansas, and its efforts to pursue child pornographers and sex criminals. The police unit’s work runs closely to the kind of cybercrime work that we are carrying out.

We commend Benton County’s efforts in targeting these criminals. However, Benton County’s deployment of that strategy could have had more focus. They would have captured accurate and relevant information more readily by identifying the instruments that the Bitcoin network uses to carry digital value and security, such as block validation and nodes. Choosing to “mine bitcoins” may well have turned out to be an expensive venture for them.

https://news.bitcoin.com/cyber-crimes-unit-to-criminals-by-mining-bitcoin/