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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]
17 paź 2023 · CNBC. A former sheriff’s deputy turned PI, Martinelli was far from an expert in crypto. She specialized in process serving, cheating spouses and custody investigations, the type of probes that...
21 paź 2023 · A Bitcoin "original gangster" who stole cryptocurrency from the original Silk Road a decade ago spent lavishly — but lived what sounds like a sad and lonely life before he was caught. As CNBC ...
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...
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.
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 ...
19 paź 2023 · A new report delves deeper into the life of Jimmy Zhong, shedding light on his involvement in the theft of thousands of Bitcoins from Silk Road. In 2012, someone stole 50,000 Bitcoins from Silk Road, an illegal online marketplace on the darknet.
