<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/52e68571ecad046d5101af9c-1200-900/bitcoin-digital-currency-rainbow-pot-of-gold.jpg" border="0" alt="Bitcoin Digital Currency Rainbow Pot of Gold" /><p class="source"><span>Mike Nudelman/Business Insider</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>The CEO of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange, has been arrested at JFK airport for running an illegal wire service, <a href="https://twitter.com/kajawhitehouse/status/427833819001933824">the New York Post's Kaja Whitehouse reports</a>.</p>
<p>Charlie Shrem is also a vice chairman at the Bitcoin foundation.</p>
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REPORT: CEO OF BITCOIN EXCHANGE ARRESTED

Mike Nudelman/Business InsiderThe CEO of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange, has been arrested at JFK airport for running an illegal wire service, the New York Post's Kaja Whitehouse reports. Charlie Shrem is also a vice chairman at the Bitcoin foundation. More to come...

Mike Nudelman/Business InsiderThe CEO of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange, has been arrested at JFK airport for running an illegal wire service, the New York Post's Kaja Whitehouse reports. Charlie Shrem is also a vice chairman at the Bitcoin foundation.

REPORT: CEO OF BITCOIN EXCHANGE ARRESTED

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