Odaily Planet Daily News: Welsh Newport IT engineer James Howells' ex-girlfriend Halfina Eddy-Evans recently revealed that in 2013, she discarded a hard drive containing 8,000 BTC at Howells' request. Eddy-Evans explained her role in the incident, saying: "He asked me to throw away unwanted items, including the hard drive. It wasn't my fault to throw it away." The hard drive was discarded when the price of BTC was less than $1, and now these BTC are worth over $716 million. (Daily Mail) Previously, it was reported that James Howells accidentally discarded a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoins and is suing the Newport City Council in the UK for £495 million (approximately $647 million) in damages. Howells has made several attempts to retrieve the hard drive from the local landfill but has been obstructed by the council, which has repeatedly denied his requests to excavate the site. In 2013, he accidentally threw away the hard drive containing the Bitcoins during a household cleanup, and now these Bitcoins are worth nearly £500 million.

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