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Comment by thatguy987

I'm trying to figure this out and failing: How was the DOJ able to recover these funds?

The article just says

> a magistrate judge in the Northern District of California had granted a warrant to seize funds from the wallet earlier in the day.

But my understanding is that a judge can't just seize the wallet -- you'd need their private key. Anyone know what happened from a technical standpoint?

parent thatguy987 5 years ago

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