> Working with Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company, the agents studied thousands of Helix transactions, subpoenaed emails, and ultimately found one involving a website that allows users to buy gift cards with Bitcoin. An email associated with Larry was used to open the account.
If you’ve got an email address associated with a Google account, it’s a plain old warrant.
I'm not claiming that this was the case here, I just don't think the government deserves the benefit of the doubt.