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He Threw Away a BILLION POUNDS - Now He Is Fighting Councils and Investors to Get It Back (Bit Coin, Wealth & Investing)
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- Mar 16, 2026
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Summary
After the mistake comes the real story. For more than a decade James has tried to recover the lost hard drive buried in a landfill. Engineers have proposed digging operations. Investors have offered funding. Local councils have refused permission. What began as a simple accident slowly became an obsession. In Part 2 we explore the search for the missing fortune — the legal battles, the critics who say it’s impossible, and the strange hope that somewhere beneath a mountain of trash...