Adam G. Gasner in his office in San Francisco's Law Chambers Building. (Photo: Courtesy Photo) A 'Modern Robin Hood': What It's Like to Rep Someone Who Hands Over $1B in Stolen Bitcoin to the Feds
San Francisco defense attorney Adam Gasner's client, identified in court papers as 'Individual X,' last week handed over a trove of Bitcoin hacked from the long-shuttered online black market Silk Road and walked away a free person.
November 09, 2020 at 07:30 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Litigation Daily
Federal prosecutors in San Francisco on Thursday announced they seized more than $1 billion worth of Bitcoin hacked from the long-shuttered online black market Silk Road.
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