Quote from: Porfirii on August 05, 2025, 11:40:34 AM

Quote from: _act_ on August 05, 2025, 11:19:02 AM

The police officer was reported that he used mixers to split the stolen bitcoin into smaller amounts, transferring the coins through crypto exchanges and prepaid cards to block the trace, but at last he was known.

https://cointelegraph.com/explained/how-a-police-officer-stole-50-btc-from-a-seized-crypto-wallet-and-got-caught

Some people may not know that bitcoin can be traced to someone if the government wants to trace it. This is not the first time such bad actors are known.

What is more surprising in this news is not that the government was able to trace these transactions even after the police officer's efforts to eliminate the trace (I suppose that he made a mistake at some point) but the fact that the delinquent was a policeman. I want to believe that most police officers carry out their obligations with due diligence and, although we all know of cases in which the behavior of some departs far from what would be desirable, it is the exception and not the norm.

But, apart from the surprising figure of the protagonist in this story, this should serve as a "notice to mariners" who might be considering using Bitcoin to cover up their shady activities.

A lot of people in power when given the opportunity will abuse their power and use it to their own advantage for personal gain. This happens sooooo much everywhere, especially in the democratic party in the US lmfao. Its honestly pretty wild. You would think that there would be more integrity at this level but the truth is that we are all human and all of the time humans give into the greed.