USA v. BITCOIN AND BTC.B SEIZED FROM EIGHT TRANSACTION HASHES AT CRYPTOCURRENCY BRIDGE-1
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Case 1:24-cv-02826-APM Document 1 Filed 10/04/24 Page 1 of 16
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Plaintiff,
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BITCOIN AND BTC.B SEIZED FROM
EIGHT TRANSACTION HASHES AT
CRYPTOCURRENCY BRIDGE-1
Defendant.
Civil Action No. 24-cv-2826
VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR FORFEITURE IN REM
Plaintiff, the United States of America, through the U.S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia, brings this verified complaint for forfeiture in a civil action in rem against Bitcoin and
BTC.b Seized from Eight Transaction Hashes at Cryptocurrency Bridge-1, hereinafter the
Defendant Funds, and alleges as follows:
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
1.
This Court has original jurisdiction of this civil action by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1345,
because it has been commenced by the United States, and by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1355(a), because
it is an action for the recovery and enforcement of a forfeiture under an Act of Congress.
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Venue is proper here under 18 U.S.C. § 3238 and 28 U.S.C. § 1395(a), (b), and (c).
NATURE OF THE ACTION AND STATURY …
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
Plaintiff,
v.
BITCOIN AND BTC.B SEIZED FROM
EIGHT TRANSACTION HASHES AT
CRYPTOCURRENCY BRIDGE-1
Defendant.
Civil Action No. 24-cv-2826
VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR FORFEITURE IN REM
Plaintiff, the United States of America, through the U.S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia, brings this verified complaint for forfeiture in a civil action in rem against Bitcoin and
BTC.b Seized from Eight Transaction Hashes at Cryptocurrency Bridge-1, hereinafter the
Defendant Funds, and alleges as follows:
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
1.
This Court has original jurisdiction of this civil action by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1345,
because it has been commenced by the United States, and by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1355(a), because
it is an action for the recovery and enforcement of a forfeiture under an Act of Congress.
2.
Venue is proper here under 18 U.S.C. § 3238 and 28 U.S.C. § 1395(a), (b), and (c).
NATURE OF THE ACTION AND STATURY …