A department of the Quebec government has stated that Bitcoin is not a "magnet" for illicit transactions and that the widely believed perception of the cryptocurrency being mainly connected to criminal activity is erroneous. In other reports, Russian police busted an illegal Bitcoin mining facility, a woman has been arrested for arranging a Bitcoin-funded hit, and the alleged mastermind behind Iceland's "Big Bitcoin Heist" has escaped from prison.
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