[HN Gopher] Feds Seized $311M in Bitcoin. The Crypto Hacker Stol...
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       Feds Seized $311M in Bitcoin. The Crypto Hacker Stole It Back
        
       Author : prostoalex
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2022-10-04 19:22 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.bloomberg.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.bloomberg.com)
        
       | egberts1 wrote:
       | wallet address, wallet address, waller address, it's the damn
       | wallet address.
        
       | RichardCNormos wrote:
       | It's not immediately clear to me that this is illegal. If
       | anything, the Feds didn't "seize" the Bitcoin, they forcibly
       | acquired a license to the wallet's private key. If they didn't
       | understand that the license was non-exclusive, well, that's not
       | the fault of the other licensees.
        
         | TheJoeMan wrote:
         | Even funnier, when his brother moved the coins it was a "theft"
         | from the feds? Can you imagine the feds saying we seized an
         | iPhone with a banking app downloaded on it, and then someone
         | else goes to the bank and withdraws the cash and now "stole"
         | it?
        
       | 2Slow wrote:
       | lol
        
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