The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anonymity

Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by iudqnolq on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:35PM (#35545503)

Very broadly speaking if you're hiding and law enforcement is actively looking for you the statute of limitations pauses, because the delay is morally your fault. (And actively looking has a generous definition) That could be what happened here.

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by drsnow on Thursday April 13, 2023 @03:05AM (#35552056)

How are you/authorities defining hiding? Is it hiding if he wasn't trying to evade anything and LE were just too slow in identifying him?

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Re:The U.S. Cracked a $3.4B Crypto Heist–and Bitcoin’s Anony... by pas on Thursday April 13, 2023 @06:01AM (#35553236)

18 USC 3290 ("No statute of limitations shall extend to any person fleeing from justice")

but it not clear, see this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35548508

that's where case law comes in, probably there's some test for it made up by a few judges (like was there an active warrant, or named as person of interest in an active case, etc..)

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