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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]
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.
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...
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...
19 paź 2023 · Zhong, who lived a lavish lifestyle using the billions of dollars he made of stolen cryptocurrency, was living on Ruth Street in Athens in March 2019, when he reported his home was burglarized...
17 paź 2023 · Twenty two year-old hacker Jimmy Zhong said he never meant to become a criminal billionaire. But that’s what happened in 2012 after he found a way to steal bitcoin from the Silk Road – a dark...
28 gru 2023 · An investigation uncovered the messy and intricate operations in which Jimmy Zhong hacked the currency platform and stole 51,680 Bitcoins between 2012 and 2014 utilizing his computer skills. Valued at over $3 billion, the clandestine operation went unnoticed until blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis identified a suspicious transaction that ...
