Monitoring indicates that approximately $4.2 million in funds flowed out of Duelbits’ hot wallets on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Tron, with most of the transferred assets converted into ETH.
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution after impersonating Coinbase support to defraud victims of approximately USD 15.94 million and launder the funds.
Hsin-Ju Chuang was found dead near California's Mojave Desert. The coroner is awaiting autopsy results, and police continue to investigate the cause of death.
Reports say that the North Korean hacker group WaterPlum stole $10.7 million worth of crypto assets through a fake recruitment and coding interview scam.
A Chainalysis blog post published on September 17 said that North Korea and Iran are driving a 5.2-fold year-on-year increase in blockchain-assisted cyberattacks; the page also listed multiple recent law-enforcement, sanctions, and crypto-crime studies.