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Re: Exchange accidentally sent 512 bitcoins after coding error
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casascius
on 02/09/2011, 18:09:31 UTC
Only if it was evidence in an investigation.

Not so.  It is unconditionally theirs.  They may ask for it back for any reason, and hold you liable for your failure to return it.  See on Wikipedia, "Conversion (law)"