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That's assuming the feds don't have unfinished business with Bitfinex. They're not exactly on great terms.
by bastawhiz 5y ago
That's assuming the feds don't have unfinished business with Bitfinex. They're not exactly on great terms.
- lern_too_spel 5y agoThat's just nitpicking. If Bitfinex is acting as a custodian, the property will be returned to the owners. Whether that return happens via Bitfinex or via the feds looking at Bitfinex's books doesn't really change much. The point is that the feds can't destroy property just because they don't like who it was stolen from.
- bastawhiz 5y agoThe feds have no problem seizing and liquidating property. They do it all the time. They even recruit local law enforcement to do it for them. See "equitable sharing"
- lern_too_spel 5y agoThat's if the property was purchased using money obtained from selling illegal goods or services. If the property doesn't belong to the criminal, it's an entirely different situation.