# Federal Prosecutor on the Silk Road: Bitcoin itself is not a crime

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Former federal prosecutor Kathryn Haun discussed the non-criminal nature of bitcoin and the use of blockchain criminal investigations in an interview with Quartz released on April 12 . 

In an interview with Quartz, she stated that she did not investigate because of the use of cryptocurrency :
> "I soon learned to sue Bitcoin technology is impossible, first; this is not what we want, especially the leadership of the Working Group I focused on some of involving cryptocurrency most serious criminal cases, I think. emphasize that this is not because the use of cryptocurrency , it is because the crime had been committed. this is not a media deal. "

Last November, the British Ministry of Justice in charge of the technical architecture spoke blockchain is possible for the criminal investigation record digital evidence, especially in the case of the police body worn camera lens.