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What if it is in a crypto wallet?

• moftz 7y ago
  They can seize that too and then auction it off later. The FBI seized the SilkRoad's escrow account, 26k BTC.
  • Aeolun 7y ago
    Isn’t that all owned by people? How are they allowed to just take that (and likely from non-us residents as well)?
    • _jal 7y ago
      The relevant question is, who is going to stop them?
      • chrshawkes 7y ago
        Just ask Kim DotCom about that. I mean, he sorta won extradition but the FBI did their best to ruin his life and we're pretty successful at that.
        • vunie 7y ago
          This is what it always boils down to. Right and wrong is irrelevant. Those with the biggest guns win.
    • unilynx 7y ago
      ... and those people are free to sue the Silk Road guy for the money they lost.
    • moftz 7y ago
      If you can prove your money is in there and can also prove that the money wasn't proceeds of a crime (selling illegal drugs, firearms, etc) then it's yours. I'm guessing very few people really wanted to tell the FBI who they were and what they were selling/buying on there.
  • gruez 7y ago
    how do you seize a brainwallet?
    • tdxcbkifxx 7y ago
      By cracking the weak crypto used to generate it