US Department of Justice Indicts 12 Individuals in $263 Million Cryptocurrency Fraud Case

According to PANews, the US Department of Justice has indicted 12 individuals in connection with a $263 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme allegedly orchestrated by Malone Lam. The group is accused of using tactics such as social engineering fraud, database breaches, and physical theft of hardware wallets. Lam himself faces charges for one fraud totaling $230 million. Currently, 10 of the defendants have been arrested, while two accomplices remain at large in Dubai.

The indictment outlines the group's operations, which included target selection, phone scams, money laundering, and physical theft. Lam reportedly monitored the victims' iCloud data remotely and directed his associates to carry out the thefts. Records from August 2024 indicate that the group stole 4,100 bitcoins, valued at $385.4 million at the time, through peer-to-peer fraud.

In September of last year, ZachXBT revealed that individuals known as Greavys (Malone Lam), Wiz (Veer Chetal), and Box (Jeandiel Serrano) were involved in sophisticated social engineering attacks that resulted in the theft of $243 million from Genesis creditors on August 19, 2024.#BinanceNewTradingPair