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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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