The 69,000 seized bitcoins once belonged to Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, the Justice Department said in a statement Thursday. Mr. Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 of distributing narcotics and money laundering and sentenced to life in prison.
The Justice Department said the bitcoins had been stolen from Mr. Ulbricht in 2012 and 2013 by a hacker who liquidated some of the coins but left most sitting untouched for years in a digital account called a wallet.
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9pm EST Explosions in Iran (Isfahan) and Syria and Iraq. Not yet confirmed.
