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US government moves nearly 10K Bitcoin worth over $300M related to Silk Road seizure

A cryptocurrency wallet associated with the United States Department of Justice moved approximately 9,825.25 BTC worth around $299 million in a series of transactions on July 12. It’s unclear at this time whether the transactions, which appear to have ultimately propagated to at least 101 new wallets, were sent to exchange

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Individual behind $3.4B Silk Road Bitcoin theft sentenced to one year in prison

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has announced the sentencing for an individual who pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges connected to “unlawfully obtained” Bitcoin from the Silk Road marketplace in 2012.In an April 14 announcement, the U.S. Justice Department said James Zhong was

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US Government Plans to Sell Over 41,000 Bitcoins Confiscated from Silk Road Hacker – Bitcoin News

According to a court document filed on March 31, 2023, regarding the sentencing of James Zhong, who stole over 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road marketplace, the U.S. government plans to liquidate 41,490 bitcoin “over the course of this calendar year.” U.S. Government Discloses Strategy for Selling Confiscated Bitcoin The U.S. government,

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