69,000 Bitcoins Are Headed for the US Treasury—While the Agent Who Seized Them Is in Jail In fact, thanks to Bitcoin's wild appreciation in recent years, it appears to be the largest ever criminal seizure of money of any kind to be added to the US federal budget. The $4.4 billion in crypto from Silk Roads case is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US. The former IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan who seized the record-breaking sum, meanwhile, languishes in a Nigerian jail cell. The Nigerian government detained Gambaryan, took his passport, and has now jailed him for over six months, charging him with money laundering and tax evasion as a proxy for his employer (Binance). See more: https://www.wired.com/story/4-4-billion-silk-road-bitcoin-tigran-gambaryan/ #bitcoin