Stolen Bitcoin worth more than $4bn (Β£2.9bn) has been seized by the US Department of Justice - the largest ever confiscation of its kind.
Officials also charged two people on Tuesday with attempting to launder the money, stolen by a hacker who breached a cryptocurrency platform in 2016.
The hacker allegedly made off with nearly 120,000 Bitcoin. Then valued at about $71m, its value now exceeds $5bn.
About 94,000 Bitcoin have been recovered.
Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite Jr said the seizure was proof the government "will not allow cryptocurrency to be a safe haven for money laundering or a zone of lawlessness within our financial system".
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