A financial hole

13 September 2023

A man who claims his old laptop hard drive containing £160m worth of Bitcoins was mistakenly buried at a landfill site has issued an ultimatum.

Determined James Howell has given Newport City Council until next week before launching legal proceedings aimed at allowing him to excavate the area.

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