In 2024, Malone stole 4,064 Bitcoins worth $238M. Today valued $468M, and only $9M has been recovered.

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August 19, 2024. A group of young men boldly carried out one of the largest crypto heists in history.

The crew: 20-year-old Malone Lam, 18-year-old Veer Chetal, 21-year-old Jeandiel Serrano, plus Danish Khan and Chen.

Their target: one Genesis creditor holding thousands of Bitcoin. He had no idea he was about to lose everything.

Wiz called pretending to be Google support, tricking the victim his accounts were hacked, then accessing Gmail and icloud.

Next came Box, posing as Gemini staff. He convinced the victim his exchange account was under attack and needed resetting.

Panicked, the victim reset two-factor authentication. That single step gave them control of his Gemini account instantly.

Finally, they pushed him to install AnyDesk. Screen exposed, private keys revealed - his Bitcoin was now in their hands.

At 4:05 AM; 4,064 Bitcoin vanished. Worth $230+ million, the transfer happened in one breathtaking, irreversible transaction.

Within minutes, laundering began. Peel chains split funds across 15 exchanges, swapping into LTC, ETH, XMR to hide tracks.

Malone went wild. $500,000 nights in clubs, $10.5M Miami mansion, garage overflowing with supercars.

He bought five Birkin bags worth tens of thousands each.- then handed them out to random women in clubs.

Malone even bought a pink Lamborghini Urus as a gift to win back his ex. She rejected him anyway.

September 19, 2024. Agents stormed Malone's $10.5M Miami mansion. The self-styled crypto king was dragged out in cuffs.

By now, the whole crew has been arrested. Court cases are ongoing, with each facing the possibility of decades in federal prison.

Out of $230 million stolen, barely $9 million has been recovered. The rest sits hidden across wallets and exchanges.

  • Do you think law enforcement will ever recover the rest of the stolen Bitcoin?

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