​British Man Sues Council For $647 Million Over Lost Bitcoin In Landfill – Tyler Durden

British Man Sues Council For $647 Million Over Lost Bitcoin In Landfill Authored by Josh O’Sullivan via CoinTelegraph.com, James Howells, an IT engineer from Newport, is suing Newport City Council in the United Kingdom for 495 million British pounds (around $647 million) in damages after accidentally discarding a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin. According to WalesOnline, Howells has made numerous attempts to retrieve the drive from the local landfill but has met resistance from the council, which has repeatedly denied his requests to excavate the site. He mistakenly threw out the hard drive containing Bitcoin in 2013 during a household clearout,…  — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More