The Australian federal police officer denies allegations of taking Bitcoin from a hardware wallet at the crime scene and transferring it to crypto exchange Binance.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) of Australia has accused a federal police officer of wiping a Trezor hardware wallet containing 81.62 Bitcoin at a crime scene. The authorities relied on crypto tracing software to allege that he transferred the Bitcoin into his own possession.
According to a recent report, the Australian police found the hardware wallet during a drug raid at a residence but waited about three weeks to obtain court permission to access it. However, upon accessing the wallet, there was no Bitcoin (BTC) at all, as federal agent William Wheatley allegedly transferred it out shortly after the raid.
The hardware wallet allegedly had 81.62 Bitcoin, valued at $309,000 at the time of the raid in 2019. However, it is worth approximately $4.2 million at the time of publication.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/australia-police-raid-bitcoin-hardware-wallet-trezor