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A Danvers resident was convicted and sentenced for running an unregistered Bitcoin transmitting business that ignored federal anti-money laundering laws. A Danvers man was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison for running an unlicensed Bitcoin ( BTC ) money transmitting business that authorities say converted over $1 million in cash, including money linked to scammers and a drug dealer. Trung Nguyen — also known as “DCS420” — was sentenced to six years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to forfeit more than $1.5 million after being convicted in November 2024 of conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business and money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a Friday press release . Nguyen owned and operated National Vending between 2017 and 2020, a business that accepted cash from customers and sent them Bitcoin in return for a fee, but he failed to register it with FinCEN or comply with anti-money laundering rules required under federal law. Prosecutors claim Nguyen knowingly concealed his operation by presenting National Vending as a vending machine business and used encrypted messaging to make tracing transactions harder. “He [Nguyen] used encrypted messaging apps to communicate with customers, using technologies that made it more difficult to trace Bitcoin transactions and breaking cash deposits of more than $10,000 into smaller cash deposits over consecutive days or at different branches of the same bank.” U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts Prosecutors say Nguyen accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from individuals, including a methamphetamine dealer and victims of romance scams. In early May, Alex Mashinsky, founder of the bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the company’s collapse, which cost users billions of dollars. Prosecutors said Mashinsky defrauded thousands of people, many of whom lost their life savings, while stealing more than $48 million from the firm. He pleaded guilty to securities and commodities fraud.

April 2025 will be remembered as a particularly dark month for the Livret A. This favorite savings tool of the French shows an unprecedented negative balance since 2009, with withdrawals exceeding deposits by 200 million euros. The recent drop in its interest rate seems to have caused widespread disillusionment among savers. It was last February that the Livret A suffered a notable drop in its rate, falling from 3% to 2.4%. This reduction, announced in January, led to a net outflow of 200 million euros in April, revealing fatigue towards this traditional investment. A symbol of prudent finance but increasingly unattractive, it now pushes some savers towards better remunerated alternatives, such as those presented in the ultimate guide to Super Savings Accounts. By comparison, April 2015 had also seen the Livret A end in the red, but with an outflow half as large, at only 100 million euros. Thus, the extent of the disengagement in 2025 is worrying, highlighting a potentially lasting crisis of confidence in this once essential savings product. The French now seem to be turning away from this classic form of savings to explore other more dynamic financial options, such as life insurance, which attracted record sums last March. This phenomenon clearly illustrates an evolution in the financial behaviors of savers. In this gloomy climate, the Livret de développement durable et solidaire (LDDS) nevertheless manages to hold its own, with positive inflows of 310 million euros in April, as reported by Le Figaro . Although similar to the Livret A, the LDDS manages to better resist, probably thanks to its image associated with responsible and sustainable investments. Conversely, the Livret d’épargne populaire (LEP) has followed an even more dramatic path. Reserved for low-income households, it showed a record deficit of 1.96 billion euros. Although April is traditionally a difficult month for this product due to annual closures for non-compliance with conditions, the severity of this outflow raises questions about the growing precariousness of modest households. By comparison, the outflow in April 2024 was much smaller, at only 270 million euros. This contrast highlights not only a cyclical disinterest but also a structural weakening of popular savings in France. Despite these setbacks, the total amount accumulated by these accounts remains near historic highs: 444 billion for the Livret A and 162.7 billion for the LDDS. However, the current trend could intensify if rates continue to decrease or if more attractive alternatives emerge sustainably. Faced with these behavior changes, financial actors will need to quickly propose solutions to restore savers’ confidence. The challenge will be to offer competitive yields while reassuring on the security and accessibility of these investments. In a context where some now turn to alternative assets like bitcoin, perceived by part of the public as a more attractive store of value, April 2025 could thus be either a mere accident or the beginning of a deep mutation in French savings.

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