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Simply because the legal paperwork listed the value in Swedish crowns rather than in bitcoins.

As I understand this article, the same would have happened if the legal paperwork listed the value of the house in crowns, and then the housing market rose and the house tripled in value.

The only unusual thing with Bitcoins, is that the value thereof has risen to quite extreme proportions.

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Oh, I understand why it's happened in this particular case. It's a loophole they'll be closing for sure. My comments were directed at the parent:

> what proceeds should be stripped if you get cash in exchange for drugs and use that cash to buy GME calls which skyrocket?

> but the actual proceeds at the time of the crime have a specific value

The specific value at the time is, in nearly every other situation, irrelevant. The mistake was putting a claim to a monetary value of *asset* rather than the *asset* itself.

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