United States v. Approximately 69,370 Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Gold (BTG) Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

10 Case No. 20-cv-07811-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 12 STRIKE BUCKLEY CLAIM, DENYING

APPROXIMATELY 69,370 BITCOIN MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SEEK

13 (BTC), BITCOIN GOLD (BTG) BITCOIN RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER SV (BSV) AND BITCOIN CASH (BCH), et STRIKING HOSSEIN CLAIM, AND 14 al., DENYING MOTIONS TO ENTER

SEPARATE JUDGMENTS

15 Defendants.

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17 18 This is a civil forfeiture action arising from the seizure of approximately 69,370 Bitcoin, 19 Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin SV, and Bitcoin Cash (“bitcoin”) allegedly derived from certain unlawful 20 activity. The bitcoin was stolen by “Individual X” from addresses at “Silk Road,” which is 21 described by the government as having been “the most sophisticated and extensive criminal 22 marketplace on the Internet, serving as a sprawling black market bazaar where unlawful goods and 23 services, including illegal drugs of…