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Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by LightHugger on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:34AM (#30387831)
Cryptocurrency will not save you from a trillion dollar company sending the fbi to bust down the door and steal everything you have. they will compel you to hand over any reported crypto holdings and throw you in prison if you refuse.
Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by gruez on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:41AM (#30387935)
>they will compel you to hand over any reported crypto holdings and throw you in prison if you refuse.

Has this been tested in court? If your crypto is stored in a brainwallet, you can invoke fifth amendment rights to prevent that from being divulged.

Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by AlexandrB on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:52AM (#30388096)
IANAL, but the fifth amendment gives you a right against self-incrimination. It doesn't allow you to lie or refuse to answer questions about assets that are not part of any crime.

Edit: Civil asset forfeiture already runs afoul of the fifth, and no one seems to care:

> nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by gruez on Friday February 18, 2022 @12:01PM (#30388191)
>It doesn't allow you to lie or refuse to answer questions

"right to remain silent" is literally for that purpose. There are ways around it, if the government grants you immunity, but it's still far more onerous than freezing a bank account or invoking civil forefiture. Not to mention, disclosure of the key and/or wallet addresses may plausibly result in you incriminating yourself (eg. by proving that you bought drugs on silk road or whatever).

Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by tmarice on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:54AM (#30388123)
Hand over what? I lost it all in a boating accident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_P39xI1ss

Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by AlexandrB on Friday February 18, 2022 @11:58AM (#30388164)
Too bad all transactions on the blockchain are public. Would be trivial to monitor the "lost" wallet for any future transactions.
Re:Amazon sent the FBI to take my family’s bank accounts by Quillbert182 on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:45PM (#30390826)
Would be a shame if someone used Monero.