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US businessman gets order over alleged theft of $1.8m in Bitcoin

Summary

Titus Williams, a businessman from Springfield, Missouri, claims that 33.7 Bitcoin he purchased in February 2021 were stolen from his personal blockchain wallet a few days later. He alleges that 2.89 of those Bitcoin, worth over US$160,000, were transferred to an unknown account and to an account held by Coinbase Europe Ltd, an Irish‑registered subsidiary of Coinbase Global. Williams has filed complaints with the FBI and local police and engaged a cryptographic tracing firm. He applied to the High Court in Dublin for a Norwich‑Pharmacal order directing Coinbase Europe to disclose all information that would identify the unknown account holder, and to provide that information within a week. The court, hearing that Coinbase Europe had agreed to comply, granted the order, allowing Williams to pursue further legal action once the identity of the account holder is known.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: US businessman gets order over alleged theft of $1.8m in Bitcoin. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• 2021-04-30 Publication

Why: He has sought information about the account holder but in order to get it, was advised he would have to make such an application against Coinbase's Irish-registered subsidiary. CNI source report

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Stage Hearing Or Decision Theft

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Read the original CNI report