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[return to "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"]
1. rnerne+bi1[view] [source] 2025-01-22 12:16:04
>>Ozarki+(OP)
In 2021, Ulbricht's prosecutors and defense agreed that Ulbricht would relinquish any ownership of a newly discovered fund of 50,676 Bitcoin (worth nearly $5.35 billion in 2025) seized from a hacker in November 2021.[78] The Bitcoin had been stolen from Silk Road in 2013 and Ulbricht had been unsuccessful in getting them back. The U.S. government traced and seized the stolen Bitcoin. Ulbricht and the government agreed the fund would be used to pay off Ulbricht's $183 million debt in his criminal case, while the Department of Justice would take custody of the Bitcoin.[79][80]
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2. scotty+Us1[view] [source] 2025-01-22 13:31:10
>>rnerne+bi1
Wow. Suddenly the pardon makes perfect sense.
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3. haswel+AQ1[view] [source] 2025-01-22 15:51:12
>>scotty+Us1
Why does this make the pardon make sense?
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4. scotty+Cp2[view] [source] 2025-01-22 18:55:05
>>haswel+AQ1
Because in absence of this there was zero benefit to anyone with any power to make it happen. Getting clear $5bln without any legal objections is a clear benefit to many parties involved. I'm sure many people close to it have many ideas how to skim some off the top for themselves.
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