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Ninth Circuit Gives Crypto Extortion Victims Another Chance At Restitution

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Perpetrators of cryptocurrency theft and extortion are convicted and ordered to pay $83,000 restitution. Oops! The gov't requested restitution for the victims in amounts equal to the value of the crypto when it was stolen, not its much-higher value at the time of sentencing. District court: My hands are tied. Ninth Circuit: Not that tightly.


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