...seized during his trip out West not by thieves but by at the Drug Enforcement Administration...
Fixed. His attorney describes the situation more accurately than the author:
“What this is, is having your money stolen by a federal agent acting under the color of law,” said Michael Pancer, a San Diego attorney who represents Rivers, an aspiring music video producer. “It’s a national epidemic. If my office got four to five cases just recently, and I’m just one attorney, you know this is happening thousands of times.”
Fortunately, this will soon be a thing of the past for Bitcoin users as wallet technology improves.