close
The U.S. government strategies to auction about 30,000 bitcoin, the electronic currency, valued at about $17.four million, on June 27 the U.S. Marshals Service said. The bitcoin ended up seized during an FBI raid in October on the World wide web market Silk Road, identified as a hub for transactions involving unlawful drugs and felony activities. The bitcoin up for auction have been contained in wallet information on the Silk Street servers and do not incorporate the bitcoins contained on the pc components belonging to Silk Street proprietor Ross William Ulbricht, identified on the internet as "Dread Pirate Roberts." The virtual currency is transacted independent of central handle and is not backed by any federal government or central financial institution. The FBI arrested Ulbricht in October and billed him with one particular rely each of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, laptop hacking conspiracy and funds laundering conspirac 信箱服務. The auction will get area on June 27 on the U.S. Marshals Provider web site over a twelve-hour period and is made up of nine blocks of three,000 bitcoins and a single block of two,657 bitcoins. (r.reuters.com/tuv99v) The U.S. Marshals Support said it would notify the winning bidders by June 30. FBI spokeswoman Kelly Langsmesser confirmed that about one hundred forty four,342 extra seized bitcoins have been transferred from the FBI e-wallet to the U.S. Marshals Services e-wallet. The seized bitcoins are part of the civil forfeiture and felony motion introduced in opposition to Ulbricht and the property of Silk Road, the U.S. Marshals Provider stated in a assertion. These coins have not been put up for auction. Bitcoin costs fell about 6.74 per cent to $585.fifty six today, on the news, in accordance to the digital forex exchange Coindesk.com.文件倉
arrow
arrow
    全站熱搜
    創作者介紹
    創作者 sgusers2 的頭像
    sgusers2

    sgusers2的部落格

    sgusers2 發表在 痞客邦 留言(0) 人氣()