The authorities of the district in the United States received almost 250% of the profit from the sale of bitcoin The Monmouth Prosecutor's office in New Jersey turned the cryptocurrency confiscated in 2018 into state revenue. In the Monmouth County of the US state of New Jersey, local authorities sold bitcoin in the amount of $198,000, receiving 247% of the profit, according to NBC. The district Attorney's office turned these funds into state revenue. The cryptocurrency was seized in 2018 during an investigation into drug trafficking. Law enforcement authorities classified the cryptocurrency as income from illegal activities. At that time, the value of the confiscated assets was $57 thousand. Monmouth authorities also seized the cryptocurrency in 2017. Then the value of the confiscated bitcoins in the case of robberies of financial institutions was estimated at more than $200 thousand. Now, according to NBC, the price of the confiscated digital is $1.25 million. In the summer of 2017, the price of bitcoin was about $3 thousand. By December of the same year, the value of the first cryptocurrency rose to $20 thousand. After that, the quotes of the digital coin began to decline and by December 2018 again reached $3.4 thousand. For three years, the price of bitcoin has increased by 1488%, at 19: 05 Moscow time on April 28, the coin is trading at $54.3 thousand. #Cryptocurrency
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