U.S. Attorney Anderson said in a statement:
“The Silk Road was the most notorious criminal online crime market of today. The successful action of the founder of the Silk Road in 2015 left the question of one billion dollars. Where did the money go? Today’s possession complaint answers this open question. Criminal આવક 1 billion in criminal income is now in the possession of the United States. “
The Criminal Investigation Unit of the Internal Revenue Service was responsible for finding 69,000 bitcoins seized. The unit’s agents began analyzing Silk Road’s digital lets earlier this year and tracked 54 previously discovered transactions. They determined that Ulbrickt had not made that transaction and that it was done by a hacker they refer to as “Personal X” who stole bitcoins in 2012 and 2013.
The DOJ says that after officers found him, Person X agreed to hand over the stolen coins, and on November 3, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in California signed a consent and agreement to seize them with the Northern District. It is worth noting that Ulbricht was aware of the hacker’s online identity and threatened to return Bitcoin. Personal X, however, refused to give – they just sat on such a large amount and did not spend.
“Altibrik became aware of the personal X’s of Naline
Identity and personal X threatened to return cryptocurrency to Altibrich. Personal X did not
Return cryptocurrency but keep it and don’t spend. “– Elon Gale (under breach) (userbrech) November 5, 2020
The DOJ did not disclose what to do with the giant ile gala of digital coins, but the government had earlier auctioned off other coins related to the Silk Road seized. It remains to be seen how much the government can get out of this, however, freeing up many bitcoins buyers could lower its value.
