| ▲ | MisterTea 10 hours ago |
| A bit lost here. Is there more backstory to this? It reads as if the government contractors son stole the 90 million from the government? |
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| ▲ | alistairSH 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Correct. US Marshalls have a contract with this guy’s dad to mange their crypto holdings (seized as part of investigations). Kid steals money but can’t resist showing off to friends and gets “busted”. Except the government still doesn’t appear to acknowledge a theft even occurred and the kid taunts investigators by sending them small amounts of ETH. |
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| ▲ | bluemenot 13 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | I wonder if technically the small amounts of eth are bribes… | |
| ▲ | knowitnone3 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | just to let the kid know, I'm one of the investigators. I hate being taunted with any type of cryptocoin, cash of any denomination. I also hate gold and silver. I won't sleep until I catch you or $10 whichever comes first. | |
| ▲ | direwolf20 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Is this the part everyone's telling me about where fascists are deeply incompetent? | | |
| ▲ | wmf 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It's not political. Most government contractors are barely competent and computer security is hard. | |
| ▲ | arjie 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I doubt the present administration is particularly competent at bureaucracy but this theft occurred in Oct 2024 while the Biden administration was in charge. To be honest, Trevor Milton's pardon after donating a few million to Trump's campaign mean that any sum of money over $2m in government contractor hands is probably at risk. With a $2m price on pardons, it's just a question of mechanizing the machine. Or, as Trump might say, "Bring back the autopen!" | |
| ▲ | keyle 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Fascism is a lack of emotional intelligence, which is basic intelligence. Empathy and compassion are a form of basic intelligence. |
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| ▲ | ortusdux 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/us-investigating-40-million... |
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| ▲ | FatalLogic 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | This would be a much better link for this post There's a lot more detail, and delivered in more professional way | | |
| ▲ | altairprime 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | If you email the mods about this (and link to your comment), they might well agree and update the post link. |
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