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13. Bitcoin for Dummies

Alicia defends a lawyer who hires the firm after the government arrests him for not revealing the name of an anonymous client: a mysterious computer programmer who illegally invented a new online currency.

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Alicia and Lockhart/Gardner face off against the US Treasury Department once again, this time aiding Dylan Stack, a lawyer who represents the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto (creator of Bitcoin) – an online currency with mysterious origins. Alicia's client is being pressured to reveal the name of the Bitcoin creator so that the government can prosecute him for creating what they believe to be a currency in direct competition with the US Dollar. When the judge rules that attorney/client privilege prevents Stack from having to reveal the name of his client, the Treasury Department changes tactics and decides to prosecute Stack as the creator of Bitcoin. Wendy Scott-Carr's investigation into Will continues. When Dana Lodge discovers some damning information that might send Alicia to prison, she approaches Kalinda with an ultimatum: help the state's attorney's office prosecute Will or they will go after Alicia.

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