Co-founder of the non-profit organization Bitcoin Brink Mike Schmidt said that in 2023 the FBI demanded from him the personal information of all participants in the CoreDev Atlanta meeting, held in October 2022, a few days before the TABConf 2022 conference. During negotiations, the parties agreed to provide only pieces of information.
We are talking about first and last names, data on developer accounts on GitHub and email. Schmidt stressed that he had no right to disclose information about the case, since FBI investigators ordered him to remain silent for a year. Now the deadline has expired, and the developer was able to talk about the fact that an investigation is underway.
“I do not have any details about the investigation or whether the subpoena was related to a specific suspect or to the general collection of information as part of the investigation,” Schmidt added.
Last January, Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr reported that his PGP key had been compromised and all the bitcoins had disappeared from his wallet. The attacker withdrew coins using several transactions. Dashir said he could not determine how the criminal gained access to his crypto wallet.
Earlier, the St. Albans Royal Court began studying the materials of the case, according to which in October 2023, in the county of Hertfordshire, a businessman from the People's Republic of China was kidnapped directly from a golf course for ransom in bitcoins.
Source: Bits
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