Posted 10/17/2023, 6:05:45 PM
Silk Road Hacker Reveals $70 Million in Bitcoin to Feds After Break-In
- Silk Road hacker showed feds $70M in Bitcoin on laptop before arrest
- Zhong called police after house break-in, revealed he was Bitcoin investor
- IRS investigating 2013 Silk Road hack, noticed address linked to Zhong
- Police entered home under guise of investigating break-in
- Zhong showed agents laptop with 1,500 Bitcoin, worth $60-$70M
- Agents later found 50K Bitcoin in safe buried under basement floor