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April 22, 2022 06:03 pm
Original Link: https://slashdot.org/story/22/04/22/183238/seized-silk-road-bitcoin-to-clear-ross-ulbrichts-183m-debt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Seized Silk Road Bitcoin To Clear Ross Ulbricht's $183M Debt
Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht will see his $183 million debt wiped out following the seizure of $3 billion in bitcoin connected to an unnamed Silk Road hacker, according to a court filing. From a report: In 2015, Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He was also ordered to pay $183 million in restitution, a figure calculated from the total illegal sales on Silk Road using an exchange rate at the time of each transaction. Court documents in 2020 reveal that the Justice Department seized 69,370 bitcoins from a hacker who moved the trove to a private wallet in April 2013. Ulbricht has been given a surprising reprieve, with the Justice Department making a deal with him in February 2021 that forfeits any claim Ulbricht may have had to the stolen bitcoin in exchange for the restitution to be repaid once the bitcoin is sold.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: https://slashdot.org/story/22/04/22/183238/seized-silk-road-bitcoin-to-clear-ross-ulbrichts-183m-debt?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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