@Bragato18 8 November 2022 more from that month

Old News Gets a Fresh Coat of Paint The US Justice Department announces it has recently acquired over $3 billion worth of crypto. This being the Department of Justice’s second-largest financial acquisition to date. The largest being the 94,000 bitcoins retrieved from the 2016 Bitfinex hack. At the time 120,000 bitcoins worth $70 million were taken from customer accounts. **James Zhong**

The Gainesville, Georgia residence of James Zhong was searched and the Feds found a single board computer under blankets in an old popcorn tin in the bathroom closet.

Zhong had pleaded guilty to wire fraud. **Silk Road** James was only 22 when he had created nine fraudulent accounts in 2012.

Then James had bombarded the Silk Road system with over 140 transactions in less than a second.   This caused the system to release 51,680 bitcoins to his accounts. Which Zhong then sent to other bitcoin wallets he controlled. The FBI had shut down Silk Road in 2013. **Note:** There would have been an equivalent amount of Bitcoin Cash resulting from the 2017 hard fork. **It Just Gets Better** The local police only discovered the stolen Bitcoin after Zhong called the police to report a burglary back in 2019. He told police at the time that a number of different valuables had been stolen, including “a lot of Bitcoin”.  James had used a crypto exchange loosely linked to his name to profit from his Bitcoin holdings in 2017. This was a crucial element that led investigators to eventually end up pinning him with the crime. Zhong’s name was also publicly linked to an 80% share in a company that held “substantial real estate holdings” in his local area. **The END** Support Your Local Bloggers Grandson Stacking Sats tip, like, follow and use the referral links below **Free Zcash (ZEC)** *Claim ZEC every day from the PipeFlare Faucet and Gaming Hub .* *Earn commissions on 4 tiers of referrals (50%, 30%, 20% and 10%). Plus claim free 1FLR (native token) and MATIC* **https://pipeflare.io/r/u6i** *Claim ZEC every 24 hours from the Global Hive Zcash Fountain.* *Earn commissions on 4 tiers of referrals (10%, 5%, 3% and 2%)* **https://globalhive.io/auth/register?ref=2113** **Free ZEN** *Claim ZEN tokens every 20 hours from the Horizen Faucet. Earn commissions on 4 tiers of referrals (20%, 10%, 5% and 3%)* **https://getzen.cash/auth/register?ref=258534** **Free Cryptos Suite Of Faucets** https://freebitcoin.io/?ref=150742  (BTC) https://freeshibainu.com/?ref=15036  (SHIB-BEP20) https://free-doge.com/?ref=37011 (DOGE) https://free-ltc.com/?ref=10150  (LTC) https://freecryptom.com/?ref=300  (LINK-BEP20) https://freeneo.io/?ref=343 (NEO) https://freecardano.com/?ref=150466  (ADA) https://freenem.com/?ref=160445 (NEM) https://coinfaucet.io/?ref=506273  (XRP) https://freeethereum.com/?ref=52151  (ETH-BEP20) https://freedash.io/?ref=19102. (DASH) https://free-tron.com/?ref=40330  (TRX) https://freebinancecoin.com/?ref=40657 (BNB) **https://freepancake.com/?ref=20446**  (CAKE-BEP20) **https://freematic.com/?ref=22621**  (MATIC) **https://freesteam.io/?ref=18686**  (Steam) **https://freetether.com/?ref=298987**  (USDT-TRC20) **https://freebittorrent.com/?ref=9360**  (BTT-TRC20) **https://freeusdcoin.com/?ref=209283**  (USDC-BEP20) **Free BCH** Join us and earn BCH *****https://noise.app/invite/azwbkc0d***** **Free Ethereum (ETH) and Ampleforth (AMPL)** *If you like what you have read, then you can join the Publish0x Community and receive a % of the tips.* ***https://www.publish0x.com?a=y1aKo5raQG*** **LocalCryptos** Peer2Peer marketplace for buying and selling BTC, ETH, LTC, DASH, and BCH **localcryptos.com/r/Bragato18** https://localcryptos.com/r/Bragato18