英国当局首次从毒贩手中扣押门罗币（XMR）山寨币

加密货币最近随着德国的比特币销售而被提上议程，这次在英国以不同的山寨币脱颖而出。

The UK authorities have confiscated Monero (XMR) from a drug dealer who was selling deadly “weight loss pills” and recorded the first-ever XMR sale in the country.

英国当局从一名销售致命“减肥药”的毒贩手中没收了门罗币（XMR），并创下了该国首次 XMR 销售记录。

The authorities have seized the criminally acquired cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) from a drug dealer who was selling deadly “weight loss pills” in the UK. This marks the first time that XMR has been sold in the country.

当局从一名在英国销售致命“减肥药”的毒贩处查获了通过犯罪手段获得的加密货币门罗币（XMR）。这标志着XMR首次在该国销售。

The incident has raised concerns about the need for tighter cryptocurrency regulations, highlighting the risk of cryptocurrencies being used for money laundering and other illegal activities.

该事件引发了人们对是否需要加强加密货币监管的担忧，凸显了加密货币被用于洗钱和其他非法活动的风险。

According to the details of the incident, a 28-year-old British citizen named Jack Edward Finney benefited from Monero while selling DNP, an illegal drug pill. The UK Home Office later classified DNP as a poison.

根据事件细节，一名名叫杰克·爱德华·芬尼（Ja​​ck Edward Finney）的28岁英国公民在销售非法药丸DNP时从门罗币中受益。英国内政部后来将 DNP 归类为毒药。

Commenting on the XMR seizure, Adrian Foster, Chief Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), said:

英国皇家检察署 (CPS) 首席检察官阿德里安·福斯特 (Adrian Foster) 在评论 XMR 扣押事件时表示：

“This is the first case where we have realised Monero currency into cash. It shows that criminals cannot stash their money in any cryptocurrency and hope to keep it safe from the authorities.”

“这是我们第一个将门罗币变现的案例。这表明犯罪分子无法将资金存放在任何加密货币中，并希望确保其免受当局的侵害。”

Andrew Quinn, Head of the FSA’s National Food Crime Unit, said: “We welcome the court’s decision to force Jack Finney to hand over the £23,000 he earned by selling lethal substances on the dark web. Whatever format the money is in, we will find and confiscate it.”

FSA 国家食品犯罪部门负责人安德鲁·奎因 (Andrew Quinn) 表示：“我们欢迎法院决定迫使杰克·芬尼交出他通过在暗网上销售致命物质而赚取的 23,000 英镑。无论这些钱是什么形式，我们都会找到并没收它。”

The confiscated XMRs were converted into British pounds by the UK authorities, and the sale was reportedly made through an undisclosed “cryptocurrency trading platform.”

英国当局将没收的 XMR 兑换成英镑，据报道，这笔交易是通过一个未公开的“加密货币交易平台”进行的。

What Is Monero, Which Is Being Delisted from Exchanges?

正在从交易所下架的门罗币是什么？

Monero is one of the largest privacy tokens, which conceals the addresses and transactions of individuals within its network. As a result, it has become a popular token for people to use when they don't want their illegal activities to be monitored.

门罗币是最大的隐私代币之一，它隐藏了其网络内个人的地址和交易。因此，当人们不希望自己的非法活动受到监控时，它已成为人们使用的流行代币。

Since Monero is a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency, it cannot be tracked or traced, making it a preferred medium for criminals to conduct transactions on the dark web.

由于门罗币是一种注重隐私的加密货币，因此无法被追踪或追踪，使其成为犯罪分子在暗网上进行交易的首选媒介。

In a related development, Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced on February 20, 2024, that Monero (XMR) was among the four altcoins to be delisted from the platform.

相关进展中，全球最大的加密货币交易所之一币安于 2024 年 2 月 20 日宣布，门罗币 (XMR) 是将从该平台下架的四种山寨币之一。

This delisting move came as an indication that Monero was being frequently used for illicit activities.

这一下架举​​动表明门罗币经常被用于非法活动。

The incident in England once again highlights the risk of cryptocurrencies being used for money laundering and other illegal activities, sparking concerns that the authorities need to ramp up their efforts to combat such practices and tighten cryptocurrency regulations.

英国的这一事件再次凸显了加密货币被用于洗钱和其他非法活动的风险，引发了人们的担忧，即当局需要加大力度打击此类行为并收紧加密货币监管。

Finney was sentenced to prison for both money laundering and drug dealing, and the proceeds from the confiscated Moneros were ordered to be donated to charity, concluding the incident and underscoring the need for stricter regulations and controls to prevent cryptocurrencies from being used for illicit activities.

芬尼因洗钱和毒品交易双双被判入狱，没收的门罗币收益被勒令捐赠给慈善机构，这一事件结束了，并强调需要更严格的监管和控制，以防止加密货币被用于非法活动。

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