Bulgaria could become one of the richest countries in the world with Bitcoin. This is due to it owning 213,000 Bitcoins, which were seized by the authorities from a criminal group in 2017.
According to the South East European Law Enforcement Center (SELC), Bitcoin was seized from a criminal group that hacked into the computers of the Bulgarian customs office in 2017.
Criminals used to make changes to the system to allow the group’s partner companies to import goods without paying taxes.
At that time, the value of the BTC seized was around $500 million. Now, however, it will be closer to $6 billion. However, the details of the BTC confiscation have not been disclosed.
