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17 paź 2023 · The secret life of Jimmy Zhong, who stole – and lost – more than $3 billion. Key Points. In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road, an illegal dark web marketplace.
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]
19 paź 2023 · On the phone was 28-year-old Jimmy Zhong, a local party boy and Georgia alum who frequented Athens' drinking establishments. He wasn't like the other town rowdies – Zhong was also a computer expert who had an unusually robust digital home surveillance system.
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...
17 paź 2023 · Over the next decade, the coins Zhong stole rocketed in value, ultimately reaching an eye-watering $3.36 billion. Photos show Zhong on yachts, in front of airplanes, and at big time football...
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 · A new CNBC documentary details the story of James "Jimmy" Zhong and the 2019 Athens break-in that exposed a $3 billion cryptocurrency fraud.
