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James "Jimmy" Zhong 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. Attorney Damian Williams said: "James Zhong committed wire fraud over a decade ago when he stole approximately 50,000 Bitcoin from Silk Road. For almost ten years, the whereabouts of this massive chunk of missing Bitcoin had ballooned into an over $3.3 billion mystery.
14 kwi 2023 · James Zhong, 32, was sentenced Friday in New York federal court, where he pleaded guilty to wire fraud last year. At the time of the heist in 2012, the Bitcoin was worth $620,000.
7 lis 2022 · According to the justice department, Zhong executed a multi-step scheme to defraud Silk Road, including the setting up of approximately nine Silk Road accounts in a bid to conceal his identity ...
13 wrz 2023 · In November 2021, IRS-CI agents armed with Chainalysis seized $3.36 Billion in Bitcoin from Silk Road hacker James Zhong. Learn how here.
14 kwi 2023 · In an April 14 announcement, the U.S. Justice Department said James Zhong was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for charges related to executing a scheme to steal more than 51,680...
7 lis 2022 · The $3.36 billion belonged to James Zhong, 32, of Gainesville and Athens, Georgia. On Friday, Zhong pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 20...
