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By definition if you obtain any monetary benefit from a criminal act then it is Money Laundering. It encompasses a lot of different possible activities. Tax evasion is a crime but if you take that money and transfer it to an overseas account then that is money laundering.

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Hold on. Isn't BTC property, not money? By that logic this is like stealing corn, making candy corn, then selling it. Still illegal, but not money laundering.

This didn't happen in the US. Although maybe the Dutch government has declared it property as well. I'm not sure.

Only as far as the IRS i considered.

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