The US DOJ arrests a security engineer on wire fraud and money laundering charges for “fraudulently” taking $9M in crypto from a DEX by faking pricing data
CoinDesk Nikhilesh De
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- The DOJ didn't name the exchange targeted by this alleged thief: https://www.justice.gov/... If only there was some place we could look up crypto hacks from July 2022, totaling around $9 million, where all but ~$1.5 million was returned. — Anyway, it's Crema Finance. — https://web3isgoinggreat.com/ ... … @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
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@lorenzofb
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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After the theft, the alleged hacker Googled for info on the hack, “his own criminal liability,” lawyers who had expertise in such cases, whether law enforcement could investigate such an attack, and “fleeing the United States to avoid criminal charges.” https://techcrunch.com/...
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@bitfinexed
@bitfinexed
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I guess the code isn't the law after all. https://www.justice.gov/...
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@badgarlandtakes
Bad AG Garland Takes
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Lots of firsts for this DOJ. 👏 First Criminal Case Involving Attack on a Smart Contract Operated by Decentralized Exchange https://twitter.com/... [image]
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r/CryptoCurrency
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Cybersecurity professional accused of stealing $9M in crypto