Ireland Moves $38M in Bitcoin Tied to Drug Dealer’s Lost Fishing Rod

Blockchain parsers show that Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has successfully moved another 500 BTC valued at $38 million from a large cluster of old unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) that once belonged to a cannabis dealer named Clifton Collins. While the onchain movement seems to be the fourth recovery to date, it has not been […]
Key Takeaways
- Blockchain parsers show that Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) has successfully moved another 500 BTC valued at $38 million from a large cluster of old unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) that once belonged to a cannabis dealer named Clifton Collins.
- While the onchain movement seems to be the fourth recovery to date, it has not been […]
- Read the full article for additional context and details.
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