Just saw that UK court ordered the seizure of $4.3M worth of Bitcoin from Alexander Surin, that crime boss who fled to Dubai back in 2015. Pretty wild that they're still going after his crypto holdings after all these years.

Surin had been convicted of drug trafficking in France before he bounced, and apparently had stashed away luxury cars and London properties that got seized. Now they're finally catching up with his Bitcoin too. Alexander Surin's case is a good reminder that even if you run to another country, the authorities don't just forget about your assets.

Wonder how many other fugitives have crypto holdings that authorities haven't tracked down yet. This seizure shows they're getting better at following the money trail.