Apparently, it was "volunteered" over to the DOJ by Individual X, no doubt after reaching an agreement to reduce or nullify his potential jail sentence.
So, is not that much seize as receiving, thank you very much for your actions!
I wonder what the deal was, when I read the court filing I saw that he has only transferred 100 Bitcoins out of that but that was 5 years ago and worth only $25k, I doubt he considered that enough for a "fee" to give back 1 billion right now..Maybe he has some other stashed away from other activities and they have promised him he will keep those?
The auction of the decommissioned BTCs will be epic when the time comes …
Yeah, they only need 3100 more of those to cover the deficit this year, too bad for them there ain't that many coins for that right now. I just hope they don't go again and split it in large chunks like 10k BTC or something, especially considering the price, it would prevent a lot of companies or individuals out there to bid for them, more competition better prices, fewer reasons to sell next month.
I always wonder how do an agency or anyone can seize bitcoin. They interrogate you and get the private key?
Give the keys or you're in for 10-25 years in prison and by the time you come out no matter how much a
BTC is going to be worth you won't be able to buy all the viagra you need. How does it sound? Pretty close to the $5 wrench attack!