#黄金白银再创新高 Gwangju District Prosecutors Office in South Korea recently suspected the loss of a large amount of Bitcoin that was seized and stored during criminal cases. The specific amount of lost Bitcoin has not been disclosed, but it is believed to be worth several hundred billion Korean won. The prosecution is conducting an internal investigation.

The Gwangju District Prosecutors Office discovered the loss during a routine check to see if there were any anomalies in the financial assets seized. At that time, they were examining passwords related to Bitcoin stored on portable storage devices (U disks). An official from the prosecution stated: “We understand that the incident occurred during a routine check of the seized Bitcoin, when we inadvertently accessed a so-called ‘fake (scam) website’. Internal discussions within the prosecution suggest that the lost Bitcoin could be worth up to 70 billion Korean won.”