Former IRS crypto investigator shares his harrowing 8-month imprisonment in Nigeria

Mar 14, 2025

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Bauchi Highlands, Nigeria, from The New York Public Library Digital Collections, (1911) public domain

A former IRS crypto investigator specializing in Bitcoin tracing techniques was trapped in a Nigerian prison for eight months, with Nigerian officials demanding billions in payments, reports Andy Greenberg in a feature article for Wired.

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