Hello, I’m 25 years old and was, note the word, WAS, really interested in cryptocurrencies and digital asset trading. It’s not so popular here in Montenegro, but I was able to make some easy money speculating anyway. I sold over $400 worth of BTC to someone through localbitcoins, we did all of the trades in increments, and not everything was sent in one day.
About one week after doing the last trade, the police officers knock on my door.
What? They arrest me instantly, take me to the station and start questioning me. I told them everything, that I was just a trader on localbitcoins and wanted to make some money, that everything was legal and okay. They didn’t believe me at first and thought that I was some kind of drug dealer and that we were laundering money back and forth. I was forced to let them go through everything that I had, my phone, my email, my social media.
For some reason, the police want me to send back the money that I received for trading.
Which is kind of ridiculous, and makes me think that they didn’t listen to me at all. If I send the money back to the guy, he will just keep his cash AND my coins.
Good think the Montenegrin police didn’t find out that I was a miner, hehe.