[heckerhut]

Sure, ok, so they have an encrypted version of the private key!?

[auggierose]

From the Wiki:

> The wallet.dat file is located in the Bitcoin data directory and may be encrypted with a password.

I guess they have the encrypted wallet.dat, but not the password for decrypting it.

[realce]

Obviously it has been seized. They put it in the /police/property/seized dir and therefore it is the government's!

[tonyedgecombe]

More likely C:\Users\OfficerDibble\Desktop\