{
  "id": 10969982,
  "title": "Ex-NCA Officer Must Repay $2.4M for Bitcoin He Stole When It Was Worth $77K",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ex-nca-officer-must-repay-2-4m-for-bitcoin-he-stole-when-it-was-worth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:17:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Decrypt",
    "slug": "decrypt",
    "url": "https://decrypt.co/379702/ex-nca-officer-must-repay-2-4m-for-bitcoin-he-stole-when-it-was-worth-77k"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paul Chowles took 50 BTC from a Silk Road 2.0 seizure in 2017. Prosecutors have now valued the theft at more than 30 times that.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Ex-NCA officer who worked on Silk Road operation ordered to repay £1.8M for stealing seized Bitcoin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ex-nca-officer-who-worked-on-silk-road-operation-ordered-to-repay-1",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:11:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}