If you walked into a charity shop with an anonymous mask on and donated £10,000 in cash, then asked for a taxable receipt, questions should probably be asked – and it’s no different.
A group of hackers has donated some of the bitcoin it extorted via ransomware attacks to charities, claiming that it wants to "make the world a better place." However, the law says donations from ill-gotten gains must be rejected but charities have no way of returning donated bitcoin to the hackers.