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This was bound to happen eventually. People have been noting for awhile how often law enforcement just leaves the "seized" coins in the original wallet somehow

This was bound to happen eventually. People have been noting for awhile how often law enforcement just leaves the "seized" coins in the original wallet somehow thinking that no criminal would ever make a backup copy of their private keys.

zie 4y ago
The FBI has a bitcoin wallet, and they routinely used to store seized BTC there. I'm not sure what they are doing now, I don't really pay attention, but last I looked that address was basically empty.
- px43 4y ago
  Yeah, FBI wallets regularly get sold at GSA auctions.
olalonde 4y ago
> People have been noting for awhile how often law enforcement just leaves the "seized" coins in the original wallet Do you have any source on that?
- andywood 4y ago
  Here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33088681 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33088681
  - aliqot 4y ago
    You got me.
  - ephbit 4y ago
    Come on. I clicked on this link expecting to actually get some evidence. You just wasted my time. Thank you not.
    - deleted 4y ago
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