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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]
7 lis 2022 · U.S. authorities seized the cryptocurrency from Zhong, who used a sophisticated scheme to hack the illegal marketplace in 2012. Zhong pleaded guilty to wire fraud and faces up to 20 years in prison.
18 paź 2023 · A report from CNBC has revealed additional details surrounding Jimmy Zhong, who last year was arrested in connection with the theft of more than 50,000 bitcoins from the Silk Road marketplace.
14 kwi 2023 · James Zhong was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for wire fraud in 2012, when he obtained 50,000 Bitcoin from the dark web marketplace Silk Road. The U.S. government seized and forfeited over 51,680 Bitcoin, valued at over $3.4 billion, from Zhong's possession.
7 lis 2022 · “James Zhong committed wire fraud over a decade ago when he stole approximately 50,000 bitcoin from Silk Road,” Damian Williams, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in...
7 lis 2022 · Zhong admitted to committing wire fraud in 2012 when he unlawfully obtained over 50,000 Bitcoin from the dark web marketplace. Law enforcement seized over 50,000 Bitcoin from his home in 2021, worth over $3.3 billion at the time.
14 kwi 2023 · A Georgia man who stole more than 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road drug-trafficking site before his cache hit $3.35 billion in value was ordered to serve a year and a day in prison. James Zhong,...
