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LAX Cargo Theft Unveiled: LAPD Catches Suspects Behind $2.7M in Stolen Bitcoin Miners
25.4.2025
A local news outlet reports that two individuals tied to a South American theft ring were apprehended in Los Angeles after allegedly stealing $4 million in goods, including $2.7 million worth of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners. From Tequila to Bitcoin Mining Rigs: LAPD...
Australian police find ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen Bitcoin ATMs, Pokemon cards
18.2.2025
Four have been arrested for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of trading cards, along with firearms, car keys and six crypto ATMs
Australian police find ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen Bitcoin ATMs, Pokemon cards
18.2.2025
Four have been arrested for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of trading cards, along with firearms, car keys and six crypto ATMs
Australian police find ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen Bitcoin ATMs, Pokemon cards
18.2.2025
Four have been arrested for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of trading cards, along with firearms, car keys and six crypto ATMs
Australian police find ‘Aladdin’s cave’ of stolen Bitcoin ATMs, Pokemon cards
18.2.2025
Four have been arrested for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of trading cards, along with firearms, car keys and six crypto ATMs
U.S. Prosecutors Ask Court to Green-Light Return of 95,000 Stolen Bitcoin to Bitfinex
15.1.2025
The remaining 25,000 bitcoins stolen in the 2016 hack must be returned through a more complex claims process
Smithsonian to display IRS laptop that tracked Bitfinex’s 120K stolen Bitcoin
20.11.2024
The Smithsonian Institute has obtained the laptop owned by former IRS agent Chris Janczewski which was used to track down the 2016 Bitfinex hacker who stole 120,000 Bitcoin
Bitfinex Hacker Sentenced to Prison as DOJ Tracks 120,000 Stolen Bitcoin
15.11.2024
The DOJ has sentenced the Bitfinex hacker to prison for laundering 120,000 stolen bitcoins from the 2016 hack, using sophisticated methods to hide the theft. DOJ Secures Prison Sentence for Bitfinex Hacker The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Ilya Lichtenstein has been...
LAPD Recovers $6.9 Million Worth of Stolen Bitcoin Mining Rigs, Suspects in Custody
22.3.2024
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has apprehended three individuals following the theft of bitcoin mining equipment valued at $6.9 million. The Commercial Crimes Division’s Cargo Theft Unit announced the retrieval of all stolen items. California Authorities Arrest Trio for Stealing Bitcoin...
How One Man Stole $3 Billion in Bitcoin and Got Away for Nearly a Decade
30.1.2024
From purchasing cocaine to uncovering a multimillion-dollar glitch, the story of James “Jimmy” Zhong reads like a dark comedy. Zhong, a computer science graduate, exploited a vulnerability on Silk Road to steal over 50,000 bitcoin, evading detection for nearly a decade while living...
New York Man Admits to Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hack From 2016, Pleads Guilty With Wife to Money Laundering
4.8.2023
In an unexpected revelation, Ilya Lichtenstein, 35, confessed to being the original hacker behind the 2016 cyberattack on crypto exchange Bitfinex, a theft that was once worth $4.5 billion. Lichtenstein made the admission while pleading guilty to laundering the stolen bitcoin in a Washington, D.C....
Can you recover stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams?
16.5.2023
Recovering stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams is challenging due to the anonymous nature of blockchain transactions and jurisdictional issues
Bitcoin Cold Case: The Tale of the Dormant Wallet With Close to 80,000 BTC From Mt Gox
4.4.2022
For the last 11 years, a mysterious wallet associated with the Mt Gox scandal has sat dormant holding close to 80,000 bitcoin worth $3.7 billion today. While the wallet was once the sixth-largest address a few years ago, today it’s the ninth-largest wallet in terms of bitcoin held, and...
US Justice Department Returns Stolen Bitcoin to Victim of Government Imposter Scam
16.3.2022
The U.S. Justice Department has seized bitcoin stolen from an elderly man in a government imposter scam and will be returning the cryptocurrency to him. “The fraudsters deceived the victim into believing his personal information had been used to facilitate a drug trafficking and money...
$3.6 Billion in Bitcoin From the 2016 Bitfinex Hack Consolidates Into a Single Address
1.2.2022
$3.6 billion or 94,643.29 bitcoin stemming from the 2016 Bitfinex hack was moved and consolidated into a single wallet following 23 transfers. At the time of writing, the $3.6 billion in bitcoin remains idle and the trading platform Bitfinex says it “continues to work globally with...
Pnetwork Protocol Gets Hacked, Loses 277 Bitcoin on Binance Smart Chain
21.9.2021
Pnetwork, a multi-chain bridging protocol, announced it was hacked yesterday, losing 277 pbtc (its bridged version of bitcoin) on Binance Smart Chain. The protocol acknowledged that an attacker managed to exploit a bug in its codebase to take control of the stolen bitcoin. The bridging contracts...
Cyber Criminals Are Now Hiding Their Stolen Cryptos 13x Faster, Says Report
26.2.2021
A new report unveiled a growing trend of efforts from cybercriminals hiding their stolen cryptocurrencies through different transaction flows. Crystal Blockchain pointed out that since 2019, the volume of stolen bitcoin grew significantly. Only 8% of the Funds Were Transferred to Exchanges With...
Crypto Users Claim Popular Bitcoin Paper Wallet Generator Is Compromised, Millions Allegedly Stolen
25.2.2021
A number of forum posts and tweets say that the website bitcoinpaperwallet.com is compromised and people have said they have lost bitcoin using the paper wallet generator. Three years ago the website domain changed ownership and ever since then losses have been reported on Reddit forums...
Craig Wright Plans to Take Legal Action Against BTC Developers, Hopes to Recover Over $3B in ‘Stolen Bitcoin’
25.2.2021
Craig Wright, the individual that claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, seems to be planning to initiate legal action against a number of open-source blockchain developers. Wright’s legal team, Ontier LLP, has allegedly sent letters to programmers who work on blockchains like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash...
Bitfinex hackers move another $30M in stolen Bitcoin from 2016
8.10.2020
The Bitfinex hackers have moved thousands of Bitcoins in 2020