U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken approved the largest single seizure of bitcoins in history on Jan. 15, with almost 30,000 units of the cryptocurrency forfeited under the federal seizure of the Silk Road website and the arrest of the website’s alleged founder and operator, Ross Ulbricht. Based on the exchange rate at the time this article was
Seizure Of Bitcoins In Silk Road Case Begs Challenges With Civil Assets Forfeiture
U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken approved the largest single seizure of bitcoins in history on Jan. 15.