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Judge Rejects Man From Retrieving $750 Million of Bitcoin From Landfill

3 months 3 weeks ago
An IT engineer from Wales lost a decade-long legal battle to recover a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins from a Newport landfill. The hard drive, accidentally thrown away in 2013, is now valued between $700-750 million. crypto.news reports: However, Judge Keyser KC ruled there were no "reasonable grounds" for the claim, citing environmental concerns and the council's ownership of the landfill contents. The landfill reportedly holds 1.4 million tonnes of waste, but Howells claims to have pinpointed the hard drive's location to a 100,000-ton section. Reacting to the ruling, Howells expressed frustration, calling it a "kick in the teeth," according to the BBC.

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Two accused of COVID-19 vaccine fraud under Computer Misuse Act

3 months 3 weeks ago
Investigation says scheme allegedly raked in £145k and sold nearly 2,000 fake records to the unvaccinated

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) has taken its case against two Luton men further by charging them over the alleged distribution of fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination records.…

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