TOPSHOT - This picture taken on September 14, 2023 shows a truck unloading waste as cranes move waste up to a higher level at the Bantar Gebang landfill, which is the size of 200 football pitches and receives 7,500 tonnes of waste from Jakarta every day, in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta. Home to around 30 million people, the sprawling megalopolis of Jakarta is facing a trash crisis with its main Bantar Gebang dump site, one of the world's biggest, close to capacity. (Credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
A British man is suing a UK council for millions of dollars after they refused to let him search a landfill for a hard drive containing Bitcoin, also worth millions, after it was accidentally thrown out by his partner, according to a report.
James Howells' partner at the time accidentally threw out his BTC wallet in 2013 which contained 8,000 Bitcoin, now valued at over $500 million, according to WalesOnline.
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