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NEWS: US DOJ announces ‘historic’ $3.36BN (€3.26BN) Crypto seizure and conviction

By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

The US Department of Justice has announced a “historic” seizure of $3.36BN (€3.26BN) in cryptocurrency, and conviction in connection with the Silk Road Dark Web Fraud. 

In a statement, the DOJ said that the suspect had now pled guilty to unlawfully obtaining Bitcoin from the Silk Road Dark Web in 2012. 

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