Canadian Cops Confiscate Bitcoin Worth Over $28 Million From Ex-Gov’t Employee

Canadian Cops Confiscate Bitcoin Worth Over $28 Million From Ex-Gov’t Employee

Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins — a former Canadian government IT professional — was charged with conspiracy to commit computer and wire fraud, and other offenses in a federal court in Florida, the US Department of Justice said Friday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) raided Vachon-Desjardins’s home and seized 719 bitcoins worth more than $28 million, or […]


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