US Seeks $2.4M in Bitcoin, Which Could Help Grow Treasury

The United States has filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of $2.4 million in Bitcoin seized by the Dallas FBI, bolstering the proposed US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

The civil complaint filed in the Northern District of Texas on Thursday calls for the forfeiture of 20.2 Bitcoin (BTC) seized from an address allegedly associated with a member of the Chaos hacker group, which has been tied to ransomware attacks, the Texas US Attorney’s Office said in a statement on Monday.

Dallas FBI executed the crypto seizure on April 15 this year, according…