College kids using Bitcoin to pay for 'huge drug deals,' prosecutor says
An Iowa man has been arrested and accused of selling shipments of narcotics and other drugs to two Ohio college students, who bought the drugs using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Authorities arrested Anthony Scott Boeckholt, 42, on Jan. 29 at his home in Forest City, Iowa, according to a news release from the Athens County, Ohio, Prosecutor's Office. Boeckholt has been charged in Athens County court with engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a first-degree felony. He is being held in Iowa and awaiting extradition to Ohio, the release states. Boeckholt sold the drugs between Jan. 1, 2016, and Jan. 23, 2018, according to the release. Law enforcement including the Forest City Police Department, Fairfield-Hocking-Athens Major Crimes Unit and Athens County Prosecutor's Office conducted several search warrants on Boeckholt last week, the release states. More: Yes, people really are using anti-diarrhea pills to get high More: States curb pain pill prescribing to try to p...
