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ZachXBT: Two Suspects Arrested in $243 Million Crypto Asset Theft Against Genesis Creditors

ZachXBT: Two Suspects Arrested in $243 Million Crypto Asset Theft Against Genesis Creditors

Bitget2024/09/19 13:28

Chain sleuth ZachXBT has posted on the X platform to reveal a major crypto asset theft against a Genesis creditor.

On August 19, 2024, three hackers stole $243 million worth of crypto assets from a Genesis creditor through a highly sophisticated social engineering attack. According to ZachXBT's investigation, the attackers first posed as Google customer service and managed to hack into the victim's personal account by spoofing him over the phone. Then, posing as support staff from the Gemini exchange, they claimed that the accounts had been hacked, inducing the victims to reset their dual authentication and transfer funds from their Gemini accounts to a controlled wallet. Finally, the hackers lured the victims into using AnyDesk remote desktop software to share their screens, thereby stealing the private key to the Bitcoin Core wallet.

ZachXBT identified three main suspects: Veer Chetal (alias Wiz), Malone Iam (alias Greavys) and Jeandiel Serrano (alias Box). Veer received the largest share of the proceeds, approximately $34.5 million, while Malone lived a life of luxury in Los Angeles and Miami, spending $250,000 to $500,000 a day and giving Hermes handbags to women, and Jeandiel was in charge of the scam, posing as a Gemini customer service agent.

More than $9 million in funds have been successfully frozen, with more than $500,000 returned to victims, and Malone and Jeandiel have been arrested in Miami and Los Angeles, respectively. Law enforcement anticipates that additional funds may be seized during the arrest process, as large transfers of funds were observed before and after the arrests.

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