Bitcoin worth €370m seized by CAB cannot be sold as access codes to digital wallets were lost

Criminal Assets Bureau seized 6,000 bit coins from drug dealer Clifton Collins in 2020 but after he was jailed, his landlord cleared out the house and the codes were lost

CAB has seized and sold cryptocurrency worth almost €6.5m in the past 10 years, according to new figures from the Department of Justice. File picture: Ozan Kose / AFP via Getty Images

Tue, 24 Mar, 2026 - 12:21

Darragh Mc Donagh

The Criminal Assets Bureau has been unable to realise the value of 6,000 seized bitcoins which are worth just under €370m because the access codes to digital wallets have been lost.

CAB has, though, seized and sold cryptocurrency worth almost €6.5m in the past 10 years, according to new figures from the Department of Justice.