German police reportedly seizes $2.1B worth of Bitcoin (BTC)
Police in German have seized 50,000 bitcoin (BTC) worth over $2.1 billion. The seizure relates to an investigation against two people who conducted a website piracy operation in 2013. In latest crypto news from Germany , police are reportedly in possession of 50,000 Bitcoin ( BTC ) seized in mid-January as part of an investigation into a website piracy operation. The value of the BTC is currently worth about $2.17 billion and the biggest ever crypto seizures in Germany, police said in a statement published on January 30. CoinDesk reported the story first. Suspect “voluntarily transferred” BTC to police wallets According to the police, the BTC seizure relates to an investigation around copyright infringements via a website established in 2013. Law enforcement say an operation supported by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the FBI and a Munich forensic IT expert company, have been looking into the activities of the website th...