US lays claim to US$1 billion in stolen Silk Road Bitcoin

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Second largest seizure in US history.

US lays claim to US$1 billion in stolen Silk Road Bitcoin
The United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than US$1 billion in Bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace.  In the second largest seizure in US Department of Justice history, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents obtained 50,000 Bitcoin during a November 2021 search of ...

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