Barclays aiding money-laundering probe - Liberty Reserve

One of the accounts belonging to seized digital money service Liberty Reserve was held by UK bank Barclays in Spain.
Liberty Reserve also had 17 bank accounts in Cyprus, papers filed by the US Department of Justice show.
The BBC understands that the bank is not accused of any wrongdoing by the authorities.
US authorities have accused Liberty Reserve of laundering more than $6bn (£4bn) in criminal cash.

Costa Rica probes Liberty Reserve founder marriage

Costa Rica (AP) — The man who allegedly founded currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve may have paid a Costa Rican woman to marry him so he could get citizenship in this country, which lacks an extradition treaty with the United States, authorities said Wednesday.Deputy director of judicial investigations Gustavo Vega said officials were still investigating the 2010 marriage between millionaire Arthur Budovsky and a woman who local media identified only by her last names of Valerio Vargas.

Liberty Reserve digital money service forced offline

Liberty Reserve - a Costa Rican-based digital currency service - has been shut down after the reported arrest of its founder.Authorities in the Central American country said Arthur Budovsky had been taken into custody in Spain on suspicion of money laundering, following an investigation which also involved the US.They added that police had raided several of Mr Budovsky's properties and seized his computer servers.The site went offline on Thursday.