飞龙财经|6月 08, 2026 07:13
Stealing 10 bitcoins with 11 words, the strongest brain sentenced to 10 years in prison for using the wrong place!
A bizarre new type of virtual currency theft case. Li, a man, relied solely on his super strong memory to remember 11 mnemonic words and the first letter of the 12th mnemonic word in his friend's wallet. He quietly transferred 10 bitcoins and made a profit of 4.28 million yuan. In the end, he was sentenced to 10 years and 9 months in prison for theft.
Li and the victim have been good friends for many years. By chance, he saw the victim backing up their Bitcoin wallet mnemonic words on their phone, so he took advantage of their absence and engraved 11 English words word for word in his mind. Three months later, Li created a wallet on an overseas exchange, successfully imported all assets by entering mnemonic words, and then sold them in batches to cash out.
It was not until six months later when the victim logged into their wallet that they found their account empty. During the police investigation, Li also argued that "Bitcoin is not legal tender and does not constitute theft," but the court clearly determined that virtual currency, as a property interest, is protected by criminal law.
It's a pity that I didn't take the Tsinghua entrance exam for my memory. Unfortunately, I took a wrong path. It turns out that the most dangerous hacker is not code, but friends around me.
Have any coins in your wallet ever been stolen?
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