United States v. Approximately 69,370 Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Gold (BTG) Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Case No. 20-cv-07811-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STRIKE BUCKLEY CLAIM, DENYING
APPROXIMATELY 69,370 BITCOIN MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SEEK
(BTC), BITCOIN GOLD (BTG) BITCOIN RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER SV (BSV) AND BITCOIN CASH (BCH), et STRIKING HOSSEIN CLAIM, AND al., DENYING MOTIONS TO ENTER
SEPARATE JUDGMENTS
Defendants.
17 This is a civil forfeiture action arising from the seizure of approximately 69,370 Bitcoin, Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin SV, and Bitcoin Cash (“bitcoin”) allegedly derived from certain unlawful activity. The bitcoin was stolen by “Individual X” from addresses at “Silk Road,” which is described by the government as having been “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace on the Internet, serving as a sprawling black market bazaar where unlawful goods and services, including illegal drugs of…