# Lawsuit claims 3.8M BTC via NYPD lost property filings

Source: https://x.com/dailystackhq/status/2059620506794328072?s=46

Someone built an algorithm to find inactive Bitcoin wallets, reported them to the NYPD as "lost property" - and is now suing to own them.

39,069 wallets. ~3.8M BTC. $286 billion.
No private keys. Just a court order.

The most audacious Bitcoin lawsuit in history.

## Comments

**timdaub.eth**: lol, that feels like it could be the plot of a Better Call Saul episode

**thatalexpalmer.eth**: I know right? Stranger than fiction