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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by nullc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:15PM (#25001025)
If they did, they lied to the court.

"On November 3, 2020, Individual X signed a Consent and Agreement to Forfeiture with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of California. In that agreement, Individual X, consented to the forfeiture of the Defendant Property to the United States government."

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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by monkpit on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:17PM (#25002693)
I don’t think that would exactly be the first time for that to happen.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by aarong11 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @03:34PM (#25001691)
Nothing there about "Individual X" being Ross Ulbritcht
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by nullc on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:46PM (#25003380)
It wouldn't have been. They claim "Individual X" robbed silk road. My understanding based on the documents from Ross' arrest is that X exploited a bug in the site to get the user list then extorted the operator.
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