James Howells may go down in the history books as one of the unlucky people who lost hundreds of millions of dollars Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) by accident.
But a new revelation in the ten-year-old mysterious saga revealed that it was not him but his ex-girlfriend who unknowingly lost the treasure.
What happened: Halfina Eddy-Evans confessed during a Monday interview with the Daily Mail that he disposed of a hard drive containing 8,000 Bitcoin at Howells’ request. He was adamant that the loss was not his fault, as he did at Howells’ request.
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Halfina said Howells “begged” her to dispose of “unwanted items,” in a black bag, which, unknown to her, included a hard drive.
“I thought he should be doing his job, not me, but I did it to help,” Howells said.
Halfina said the blame for the loss of the Bitcoins should not be placed on him, although he hoped Howells would succeed in recovering the drive.
Why It Matters: This revelation added a new dimension to the tragic story of Howells, who has been fighting a long battle to regain his fortune.
A Welsh software engineer, Howells, has sued Newport City Council for up to $647 million in damages for repeatedly refusing his request to excavate the landfill site where the discarded hard drive resides.
They even assembled a team of experts to excavate the council free of charge and said they would give the council 10% of the money recovered.
The 8,000 Bitcoins would be worth $797 million at the highest price of 99,645 recorded recently and $765.9 million at the market price of $95,736.86.
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