David Anderson, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California announces murder charges against Steven Carrillo. Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM DOJ Seizes $1B in Bitcoin From Silk Road Transactions
The agency reports that the action involving proceeds from the illicit marketplace—which offered drugs and services such as hacking—is the largest cryptocurrency seizure in DOJ history.
November 05, 2020 at 01:04 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
The Department of Justice is forfeiting an estimated $1 billion worth of bitcoin it seized in connection to transactions from shuttered online black market Silk Road.
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