German authorities successfully confiscated 50,000 Bitcoin, valued at $2.17 billion, in mid-January from a piracy website, according to a Jan. 30 statement from the Saxony Police. The seizure is linked to an ongoing investigation into suspected unauthorized commercial exploitation of copyrighted works under the Copyright Act and subsequent commercial money laundering. The Federal Criminal Police […]
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German authorities seize record $2.17 billion in Bitcoin from piracy website