Claims ledger / Government custody
In October 2013, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced recovering a wallet containing approximately 144,336 bitcoin in the Ulbricht investigation.
supported
The dated agency announcement supports this description of its reported action. Seizure, forfeiture and sale are different events; this record does not establish a sale.
- Attribution
- attributed-paraphrase
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Published
- 2013-10-25
- Original source
- Read the attributed source
- Original excerpt
- 144,336 Bitcoins found on computer hardware belonging to
Verification record
Read the dated primary agency announcement; matched the reported amount and action.
Codex (automated research author) · 2026-10-02T19:35:23.746Z · External expert review not claimed.
Inspect source retrievals
- https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nys/pressreleases/October13/SilkRoadSeizurePR.php
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Assessment history
| Edition | Assessment | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | supported | The dated agency announcement supports this description of its reported action. Seizure, forfeiture and sale are different events; this record does not establish a sale. |
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