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Silk Road thief Jimmy Zhong stole – and lost – more than $3B in Bitcoin

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Post by nodesocket » Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

Silk Road thief Jimmy Zhong stole – and lost – more than $3B in Bitcoin
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Re: Silk Road thief Jimmy Zhong stole – and lost – more than $3B in Bitcoin

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Post by tromp » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 7:43 AM UTC

He got caught when cashing out part of the stolen bitcoin through a KYC exchange...

Re: Silk Road thief Jimmy Zhong stole – and lost – more than $3B in Bitcoin

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Post by snydergd » Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 3:32 PM UTC

Does anyone else feel like this Bitcoin is no business of the government/IRS to take away? If all he did was steal from silk road, then why pick on him of all people. If anything he was making things harder for criminals. Also it's dumb that the government tries to tax Bitcoin. I understand for U.S. currency because they made and control it, but crypto has nothing to do with where you live. I am not happy about what the government has done here.