Ipswich hacker who stole Ed Sheeran songs told to pay £100k
BBC News, Suffolk
Adrian Kwiatkowski, 23, from Ipswich, traded the music by Sheeran and 12 songs by rapper Lil Uzi Vert in exchange for cryptocurrency. During his trial, Ipswich Crown Court heard that when the defendant's Apple Mac laptop was searched, 565 audio files, including the songs by Sheeran and Vert, were uncovered.
The amount is made up of £51,975 held in a bank account owned by Kwiatkowski and 2.64 BTC , worth £49,528, which makes it the first confiscation order of cryptocurrency secured by PIPCU.
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