Czech police have seized a luxury property purchased with bitcoin by a couple previously linked to the hack of drug bazaar Sheep Marketplace.The house, reportedly worth around $345,000, was bought in a series of transactions by Tomáš Jiřikovský and his partner Eva Bartošová.The property was originally registered under Jiřikovský's grandfather, Jan Goliath.Sheep Marketplace shut down in December 2013, following claims hackers had absconded with approximately $5.3m in bitcoin.Users who tracked the stolen funds on the blockchain voiced suspicions that the theft was an inside job.A site named Sheep Market Scam alleging that a further 40,000 BTC was moved to an address previously associated with the site.According to reports, The Ministry of Finance's Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) flagged a payment of approximately $35,000 from bitcoin exchange Bitstamp to Bartošová, who was unable to account for the origin of the funds.Further payments to a lawyer and a realtor were also reportedly tracked.

A loosely translated report published by FAU, noted payments to Bitstamp Ltd, which it refers to as 'BL': "During the inspection of a bank we caught an international payment on behalf of a newly opened bank account under the name of  'EB', which was sent by a certain company 'BL', that runs a virtual currency exchange in the European Union.litecoin to euro chartDuring the investigation we found that the payment was intended for person 'TJ', a partner of  'EB'."bitcoin transaction sender addressThe report continued: "We found that the name 'TJ' is mentioned in the context of theft of digital currency from the market 'SM'.litecoin europeIn the investigation we detected more payments in hundreds of thousands and millions of Czech crowns that went to the accounts of 'EB' and 'TJ', from the company 'BL', to buy a property and other things."bitcoin on linux mint

The FAU confirmed that a complaint for suspected money laundering had been filed according to section 216 of the criminal code.CoinDesk has contacted the FAU to determine whether any arrests have been made.bitcoin renoAllegations of Jiřikovský's and Bartošová's involvement with Sheep Marketplace first surfaced in 2013, with Redditor 'throwme1121' claiming that the perpetrators were Czech back in November 2013.litecoin for sale ukThrowme1121's allegations were based on another Reddit post by researcher Gwern Branwen and a document he uploaded on Pastebin.valor do bitcoin hojeAt the time, the couple released a statement denying any involvement with the illicit marketplace.bitcoin handel app" domain, but no the real marketplace," read the translated statement.litecoin pool forum

Karel Kyovsky, owner of General Bytes, a Prague-based bitcoin ATM manufacturer, said the recent media coverage was likely to have a negative impact on the average Czech reader."Those who do not know much about bitcoin will think that it serves as a tool for criminals," he said, adding: "As a bitcoin believer, I know that bitcoin is not a tool for criminals.It is a technology that will change our lives in the next 10 years, like the internet did."Kyovsky agreed with Alena Vranova, director of the Czech startup behind the Trezor bitcoin vault, Satoshi Labs, that educating people to handle their bitcoin securely is of great importance to safeguard against future theft.Get Latest Articles to Your Inbox Another Bitcoin Exchange hacked!CZ based out of the Czech Republic has been hacked and Money from 4000 Bitcoin wallets have been Stolen, value of over 2 million Czech Koruna i.e.Bitcash.cz is currently down with a maintenance message that on the evening of November 11, their server was compromised by unknown Hackers and bitcoins from its clients were stolen.

Bitcash.cz "We are trying to resolve the situation, but we want to warn our users about fraudulent emails and scams [claiming to be from Bitcash] Meanwhile, GBL, the Chinese Bitcoin exchange mysteriously disappeared, taking more than $4 million of the virtual currency with it and leaving profit-hungry investors out of pocket.inputs.io In May 2012, Bitcoinica, a Bitcoin exchange started by a 17-year old teenager was also hacked and more than 18,000 BTC worth $90,000 or 68,000 EUR were stolen.Seems phishy to me..What do you think, is it the FBI or some state sponsored hackers, who is collecting BITCOINS by all dirty ways in order to regulate it?Best Deals Subscribe Want the most interesting Hacking and Cyber Security News delivered automatically to your inbox?Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter and eBooks.Czech Republic-based bitcoin exchange Bitcash.cz has been hacked and up to 4,000 customers’ wallets have been emptied.The company’s site is currently down, showing only a message informing of the hack, which took place on 11th November.

According to Czech news site E15.cz, some 4,000 bitcoin wallets had been opened with Bitcash.cz, with a total value of over 2 million Czech koruna (roughly equivalent to $100,000).A post on the company's Facebook page reads (roughly translated): "Unfortunately, as we have already announced on our website Bitcash.cz, our server was attacked and compromised – including the wallets.We are trying to resolve the situation, but we want to warn our users about fraudulent emails and scams [claiming to be from Bitcash].We never ask anyone for access to his or her accounts or wallets nor ask for money.We will inform you of any developments as soon as possible.Bitcash, founded in July 2011, has various features in addition to its wallets., which enables people to trade with each other directly, using the site as an escrow service.An online post purports to show an email sent from a bitcash.cz email address.The text in that mail suggests that the site may have been hacked using a phishing attack that used fraudulent emails to fool users.

Hackers appear to have sent emails from Bitcash.cz email accounts pretending to be members of staff.The emails claim the company is having to use a US recovery company to get back the bitcoins that have been stolen.Recipients are then apparently asked to send 2 BTC to a wallet address in order for their bitcoins to be returned.However the bitcoin address listed in the email text hasn’t been used online, and has no transactions.Aleš Janda, a user of the Bitcash.cz service who claims to have known the administrator “a little”, is skeptical of the fake email claim.“This e-mail is strange," he said, adding that he knows no one else who received it.“I can't imagine that anyone who steals 485 BTC would take the risk of disclosure by sending dumb mails begging for 2 BTC.” Janda arrived at this 485 BTC number via his own blockchain research.He has made several transactions to Bitcash.cz, which he says uses a shared wallet.These transactions enabled him to ascertain some of the addresses in the Bitcash.cz shared wallet, he says.

He was then able to analyse transaction inputs and outputs to see where his bitcoins subsequently went.“Bitcash's wallet was pretty simple,” he said.“So I can trace all transactions [using a wallet subtree] from my transaction to some big transaction in the future.This big transaction perfectly matches the time of the attack and was much bigger than other transactions.” He then confirmed this by analyzing other bitcoin transactions with Bitcash.cz, which he said led to a large transaction pointing to the same address.Searching for that address brings up a bitcoin charity web site called bitcoin-charity.info – now no longer available – which claims to be a donation address for whistle-blowing organization Wikileaks.That supposed charity site, registered using a privacy protection service on 8th September, appears to be a fraudulent copy of legitimate bitcoin charity web site Bitcoins for Charity.Bitcoins for Charity cites the correct Wikileaks bitcoin donation address.Janda suggests that wallets on Bitcash.cz were compromised through the site’s web interface.