Finnish Customs to Sell Almost 2,000 Seized Bitcoin
Finnish Customs has agreed to sell the Bitcoins seized in connection with drug cases, including 1,666 Bitcoins confiscated from the Finnish ‘darknet drug lord’ known as Douppikauppa.
The customs agency, Tulli, has decided to sell 1,981 Bitcoin worth $76 million. Tulli seized the majority of the Bitcoin–1,666 Bitcoins–during the Douppikauppa case in 2016. The value of Bitcoin has increased more than 100 times since the seizure in 2016.