Japanese Man Has Cryptocurrency Assets Seized Over Years of Unpaid Parking Tickets
(WorldNews Japan)

Bitcoin News reported that Japanese police seized cryptocurrency from a man with years of unpaid parking fines on Friday. The Hyogo Prefectural Police traffic guidance division announced the move which was allowed after a new law was enacted in April 2017 which allowed police to seize cryptocurrency like any other financial asset. The 59-year-old resident had multiple delinquent parking tickets in the Kansai region in Japan.Local newspaper The Kobe Shimbun said around 5,000 yen ($44) worth of cryptocurrency was seized, though the police did not reveal which cryptocurrency was seized. Nikkei claimed `there were 2 kinds` of digital currencies seized in the first time Japan...