Judge Orders Teen Hacker to Return $5.2M Worth of Bitcoin Stolen in 2016
A federal judge has ruled that a young hacker must forfeit approximately $5.2 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and a sports car to the US government. The ruling claims that Ahmad Wagaafe Hared, a resident of Tucson, Arizon...
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The ruling claims that Ahmad Wagaafe Hared, a resident of Tucson, Arizona, stole cryptocurrency from Northern California crypto executives back in 2016, according to a report from The San Francisco Standard.
The case is currently being heard in San Francisco's federal court....
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