{"id":7733,"date":"2022-11-07T23:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/us-justice-department-seizes-bitcoins-worth-more-than-3bn-stolen-a-decade-ago\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T23:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:37:20","slug":"us-justice-department-seizes-bitcoins-worth-more-than-3bn-stolen-a-decade-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/us-justice-department-seizes-bitcoins-worth-more-than-3bn-stolen-a-decade-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"US justice department seizes bitcoins worth more than $3bn stolen a decade ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

A search of James Zhong\u2019s Georgia home uncovered 50,000 bitcoins found on a circuit board in the bottom of a popcorn tin<\/p>\n

The United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1bn in bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.<\/p>\n

In the second largest seizure in US Department of Justice history, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents obtained the 50,000 bitcoins during a November 2021 search of the defendant James Zhong\u2019s home in Gainesville, Georgia.<\/p>\n

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\nA search of James Zhong\u2019s Georgia home uncovered 50,000 bitcoins found on a circuit board in the bottom of a popcorn tin
\nThe United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1bn in bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday.
\nIn the second largest seizure in US Department of Justice history, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents obtained the 50,000 bitcoins during a November 2021 search of the defendant James Zhong\u2019s home in Gainesville, Georgia. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A search of James Zhong\u2019s Georgia home uncovered 50,000 bitcoins found on a circuit board in the bottom of a popcorn tin The United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1bn in bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. In the second largest seizure in …<\/p>\n

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