How Gardaí finally cracked the code to a multi-million bitcoin fortune
Clifton Collins (55) had a thriving business growing cannabis in rented houses around the country.
The Crumlin man and expert beekeeper was known for his award-winning honey but his real earner was the fortune he made from years of dealing drugs.
He operated under the radar so when gardaí came across him parked in the Wicklow Mountains one night, they had no idea their search would eventually result in of the most lucrative seizures in the history of the Criminal Assets Bureau.
Collins had amassed 6,000 bitcoin around 2010. The problem for the Garda was they didn’t know the code to unlock the…
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