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- Pending Government Action:Government Action: BBB reports on known government actions involving business’ marketplace conduct:1:19-cr-00395-BAH All Defendants USA v. HARMON
The following describes a pending government action that has been formally brought by a government agency but has not yet been resolved.
On August 18, 2021, business owner, Larry Dean Harmon, plead guilty to a money laundering conspiracy arising from his operation of Helix, a Darknet-based cryptocurrency laundering service.
According to U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington, DC) court documents, Larry Dean Harmon admitted that he operated Helix from 2014 to 2017. Helix functioned as a bitcoin “mixer” or “tumbler,” allowing customers, for a fee, to send bitcoin to designated recipients in a manner that was designed to conceal the source or owner of the bitcoin. Helix was linked to and associated with “Grams,” a Darknet search engine also run by Harmon. Harmon advertised Helix to customers on the Darknet to conceal transactions from law enforcement.
Harmon admitted that Helix partnered with several Darknet markets, including AlphaBay, Evolution, Cloud 9 and others, to provide bitcoin money laundering services for market customers. In total, Helix moved over 350,000 bitcoin – valued at over $300 million at the time of the transactions – on behalf of customers, with the largest volume coming from Darknet markets. Harmon further admitted that he conspired with Darknet vendors and marketplace administrators to launder such bitcoins generated through illegal drug trafficking offenses on those Darknet marketplaces.
As part of his plea, Harmon also agreed to the forfeiture of more than 4,400 bitcoin, valued at more than $200 million at today’s prices, and other seized properties that were involved in the money laundering conspiracy. Harmon will be sentenced at a date to be determined and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $500,000 or twice the value of the property involved in the transaction, a term of supervised release of not more than three years, and mandatory restitution.For more information, consumers can contact the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Business Details
- Local BBB:
- BBB of Akron
- BBB File Opened:
- 11/9/2021
- Business Started:
- 8/27/2012
- Business Incorporated:
- 8/27/2012
- Type of Entity:
- Corporation
- Business Management:
- Mr. Larry D Harmon, Owner
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- Mr. Larry D Harmon, Owner
- Customer Contacts
- Mr. Larry D Harmon, Owner
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