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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by CydeWeys on Thursday November 05, 2020 @04:26PM (#25002157)
It's stolen property. They're never going to be able to keep it even if they do do some prison time. If their claim is that it's truly lost and they no longer have access, and then the funds ever move again on the blockchain, boom, right back to jail under contempt and other charges.
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Re:U.S. Feds Seized Nearly $1B in Bitcoin from Wallet Linked... by s1artibartfast on Thursday November 05, 2020 @05:33PM (#25002823)
You can also do the time and leave the US after.
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