All they have to do is follow chain movements till it hits a kyc’d source… generally if it’s not an exchange it’s going to be a honeypot or sting… track down a pi address and it pretty much ...
That's what I mean so it doesn't matter if they used Bitcoin or not, that person was already on the radar for something, made a mistake in there opsec that lead to an arrest, then chain analysis was used as additional evidence against them.
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