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69,000 Bitcoins Are Headed for the US Treasury—While the Agent Who Seized Them Is in Jail

The $4.4 billion in crypto is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US. The former IRS agent who seized the recording-breaking sum, meanwhile, languishes in a Nigerian jail cell.

https://www.wired.com/story/4-4-billion-silk-road-bitcoin-tigran-gambaryan/