U.S. Dept of Justice seizes $1 billion in Bitcoin

in cybersecurity •  4 years ago 

Bad news for cryptocurrency criminals!

Cryptocurrency watchers were stunned when they recently saw a billion dollars of Bitcoin being moved from a very old account that has been inactive for years.

The mystery was solved as the U.S. Dept of Justice unsealed court filings related to the Ross Ulbricht 2015 Silk Road case.
This is momentous! Such a seizure puts most others to shame and it will likely drive some changes in law enforcement.

In today's video, I discuss how this case will change enforcement and criminal practices moving forward.

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That is a huge pile of bitcoin to be seized!

Biggest Pile of Cryptocurrency Seized!