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Individual behind $3.4B Silk Road Bitcoin theft sentenced to one year in prison

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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has announced the sentencing of an individual who pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges connected to “unlawfully obtained” from the Silk Road marketplace in 2012.

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 Bitcoin (BTC). Zhong pleaded guilty to the charges in November 2022 and has been awaiting sentencing.

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