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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]
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.
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...
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,...
17 paź 2023 · Jimmy Zhong is a Georgia party boy and a bitcoin investor who lost more than $3 billion in a 2012 hack of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. CNBC reveals his secret life, his role in the crypto heist and how he was caught by the IRS-CI.
7 lis 2022 · James Zhong admitted to stealing over 50,000 Bitcoin from the Silk Road dark web marketplace in 2012. Law enforcement seized over $3.36 billion worth of Bitcoin from his home in 2021.
14 kwi 2023 · The U.S. Justice Department announced James Zhong had been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for charges related to executing a scheme to steal more than 51,680 Bitcoin.
