The US Government Wants to Keep $5.5 Million in Seized Bitcoin

The U.S. government is peering toward the potential seizure of 500 bitcoin seized from four people accused of making counterfeit distinguishing proof archives.

As indicated by a declaration from the Department of Justice in Ohio, the four people – three from Toledo and one from Perrysburg – professedly created and exchanged phony reports, for example, drivers’ licenses and individual recognizable proof cards purportedly from the conditions of Ohio, Michigan, and Utah.

The prosecution shows the four got continues of 500 bitcoin over a time of almost five years from June 2013 to February 2018. The cryptocurrency add up to is as of now worth about $5.5 million as indicated by CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index.

In the event that the charged are requested to relinquish the bitcoin, as asked for by the prosecutors for the situation, the U.S. government will have the capacity to add them to its current pool of bitcoin seized from hoodlums as of late. The assets are probably going to in the long run be sold to people in general, adding potential liquidity to the market.

As announced beforehand, the U.S. Marshals Service held a sale of in excess of 3,800 bitcoins in January – the first since the offer of 2,700 bitcoin in 2016.

In 2014, the US Marshals Service additionally unloaded 50,000 bitcoins relinquished by Ross Ulbricht, the administrator of the now-dead dull web Silk Road, upon his conviction.