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17 paź 2023 · The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion. CNBC obtained never-before-seen body camera footage that shows how investigators linked Jimmy Zhong to the Silk...
21 paź 2023 · Guy Who Stole Billions in Bitcoin Lived a Sad Life. Image by Jimmy Zhong. A Bitcoin "original gangster" who stole cryptocurrency from the original Silk Road a decade ago spent lavishly — but...
19 paź 2023 · Zhong, 33, began his sentence at the federal prison camp in Montgomery, Alabama, on July 14, 2023, according to CNBC.
4 lis 2023 · Despite his rapid ascent to wealth and notoriety in cryptocurrency, Jimmy Zhong's life remained a contrasting landscape of loneliness and unfulfilled relationships. According to sources close to him, Zhong's social circle appeared more attracted to his material wealth than to him.
James "Jimmy" Zhong (born May 24, 1990) is an American man who was convicted in 2022 for stealing over 51,680 bitcoin (then worth about $620,000; [2] value as of 2023 approximately $3.4 billion [3]) from the online black market Silk Road between 2012 and 2014. [4]
20 paź 2023 · In the sting operation, they discovered crucial evidence at Zhong’s residence and managed to get a look at his Bitcoin wallet where he had stored $60 or $70 million worth of Bitcoin, CNBC...
That case was basically dead, but he made a mistake of withdrawing $800 from a crypto exchange that followed banking rules and had his real identify tied to the bitcoin from the hack. That’s how they were able to put together that he might be the hacker.
