{"id":1919529,"date":"2023-04-26T15:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/satanic-church-founder-sentenced-to-18-months-prison-for-money-transmitting-business\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T15:45:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T19:45:04","slug":"satanic-church-founder-sentenced-to-18-months-prison-for-money-transmitting-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/satanic-church-founder-sentenced-to-18-months-prison-for-money-transmitting-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Satanic Church Founder Sentenced to 18 Months Prison for &#8220;Money-Transmitting Business&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsatanic-church-founder-sentenced-to-18-months-prison-for-money-transmitting-business%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1919529&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Founder of Satanic Church Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Operating Unlicensed Money-Transmitting Business<\/h2>\n<div data-elementor-type=\"header\" data-elementor-id=\"20\">\n<div data-id=\"38f7fce6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div data-elementor-type=\"single-post\" data-elementor-id=\"105\">\n<div data-id=\"a4a1840\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div data-id=\"2e93c3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div data-id=\"7a16293\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-id=\"19c90bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p>The founder of the Satanic Church, Aria DiMezzo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. DiMezzo, a transgender woman with an \u2018anti-police\u2019 stance, was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and to forfeit more than $14,000 along with 1.93 bitcoins.<\/p>\n<p>According to investigators, between June 2020 and January 2021, DiMezzo charged a fee to exchange mostly U.S. dollars for Bitcoin, recruiting customers on websites. Customers sent DiMezzo money through bank accounts to the Reformed Satanic Church.<\/p>\n<p>DiMezzo sold more than $3 million worth of virtual currency but did not register the operation as a money-transmitting business, failing to comply with mandatory regulations. Prosecutors said DiMezzo worked with a man named Ian Freeman to sell virtual currency to customers, paying Freeman a percentage of the profits.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/satanic-church-founder-sentenced-18-months-operating-unlicensed-money-transmitting-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found guilty<\/a> of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, laundering over $10 million in proceeds of romance scams, and tax evasion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Republicans in one New Hampshire county <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/ap-online\/2020\/10\/10\/anti-police-satanist-runs-for-sheriff-as-republican-in-nh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nominated<\/a> DiMezzo for sheriff, whose campaign slogan disparaged the police.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, DiMezzo said, as law enforcement, any of his deputies \u201cwould be fired on the spot, and perhaps charged with crimes, for any brutality or misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DiMezzo serves as the high priest and founder of the Reformed Satanic Church. The church doesn\u2019t believe Satan exists, DiMezzo claimed, but instead \u201cstands for individualism and voluntarism, and opposes the god of the day,\u201d which he described as the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/satanic-temple-demands-all-members-are-fully-vaccinated-and-masked-at-satancon-event\/\">Satanic Temple Demands All Members Are Fully Vaccinated and Masked at SatanCon Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"comments\" data-id=\"8c80695\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-comments.theme_comments\">\n<div id=\"wpd-main-form-wrapper-0_0\">\n<form method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" data-uploading=\"false\">\n<div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Details of the Case<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The founder of the Satanic Church, Aria DiMezzo, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business.<\/li>\n<li>DiMezzo charged a fee to exchange mostly U.S. dollars for Bitcoin, recruiting customers on websites.<\/li>\n<li>Customers sent DiMezzo money through bank accounts to the Reformed Satanic Church.<\/li>\n<li>DiMezzo sold more than $3 million worth of virtual currency but did not register the operation as a money-transmitting business, failing to comply with mandatory regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Prosecutors said DiMezzo worked with a man named Ian Freeman to sell virtual currency to customers, paying Freeman a percentage of the profits.<\/li>\n<li>Freeman was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, laundering over $10 million in proceeds of romance scams, and tax evasion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The case of Aria DiMezzo, the founder of the Satanic Church, has been making headlines. DiMezzo, a transgender woman with an \u2018anti-police\u2019 stance, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. According to investigators, DiMezzo charged a fee to exchange mostly U.S. dollars for Bitcoin, recruiting customers on websites. Customers sent DiMezzo money through bank accounts to the Reformed Satanic Church. DiMezzo sold more than $3 million worth of virtual currency but did not register the operation as a money-transmitting business, failing to comply with mandatory regulations. Prosecutors said DiMezzo worked with a man named Ian Freeman to sell virtual currency to customers, paying Freeman a percentage of the profits. Freeman was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, laundering over $10 million in proceeds of romance scams, and tax evasion.<\/p>\n<h3>DiMezzo&#8217;s Political Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>In 2020, Republicans in one New Hampshire county nominated DiMezzo for sheriff, whose campaign slogan disparaged the police. At the time, DiMezzo said, as law enforcement, any of his deputies \u201cwould be fired on the spot, and perhaps charged with crimes, for any brutality or misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Reformed Satanic Church<\/h3>\n<p>DiMezzo serves as the high priest and founder of the Reformed Satanic Church. The church doesn\u2019t believe Satan exists, DiMezzo claimed, but instead \u201cstands for individualism and voluntarism, and opposes the god of the day,\u201d which he described as the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/satanic-temple-demands-all-members-are-fully-vaccinated-and-masked-at-satancon-event\/\">Satanic Temple Demands All Members Are Fully Vaccinated and Masked at SatanCon Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"wpd-threads\">\n<div>\n<p><i><\/i> Get in on the Conversation<\/p>\n<p>Read all the juicy comments<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wpd-comm-4858_0\">\n<div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"comment-4858\">\n<p>Did you know that both Karl Marx (originally Moses Mordecai Levi) and Anton Lavey (founder of the Church of Satan) were Jewish? 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Self-described satanist Aria DiMezzo, 35, was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 and to forfeit more than $14,000 along with 1.93 bitcoins. 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