Don't you HATE it when this happens?

[brooklynite]

Irish drug dealer loses £46m bitcoin codes he hid in fishing rod case

In early 2017 Clifton Collins, an Irish drug dealer, had a dilemma: where to hide the codes of his illicit €55m (£46m) bitcoin fortune.

His solution was to print them on to an A4 piece of paper and stash it in the aluminium cap of a fishing rod case kept at his rented home in Farnaught, Cornamona, County Galway. It seemed a good idea at the time.

Then three things happened. Police arrested Collins after finding €2,000 worth of cannabis in his car. He was sentenced to five years in jail. The landlord of the Galway house had it cleared out, resulting in Collins’ possessions being taken to a dump.

The codes are now missing, meaning the accounts cannot be accessed.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/21/irish-drug-dealer-clifton-collins-l46m-bitcoin-codes-hid-fishing-rod-case

[democratisphere]

1. Some days it's not even worth getting out of bed.

[unc70]

5. Or even chewing through the restraints

[democratisphere]

6. THAT's the only challenge and entertainment at the asylum.

[unc70]

7. Other than posting on DU

[Wounded Bear]

2. I found them...send me your bank information, and I'll wire you a share.

[packman]

3. Are you that Nigerian prince that keeps sending me e-mails?

I'm ready to give you my banking info, please contact me but I need $1500 of good faith money from you. Please send me YOUR banking info.

[happybird]

4. Why didn't he retire?

€55 million is nothing to sneeze at, why even bother messing around with a paltry €2000 of pot? Criminals these days. Smdh.

[Thunderbeast]

8. Personal use?

[Laelth]

9. Oh, suck. That is a bummer. n/t

-Laelth