The U.S. charges 12 more in the 230 million crypto theft

Back in September of last year, we blogged about suspects involved in a $230m heist of cryptocurrency and how they were spending it by running it through mixers and all kinds of things.

This seems to be an update of this story, and its on the second page of Bleeping Computer.

I’m trying to find one piece of news, but can’t find that right now.

In the past story, we learned of at least two people, but now, we’re learning about 12 more.

I’m starting to question what is in our water here in Southern California, as some of the people named here are from various parts of this part of the country. At least one is in New Zealand, one is in Northern California and two are unknown.

Twelve more suspects were charged in a RICO conspiracy for their alleged involvement in the theft of over $230 million in cryptocurrency and laundering the funds using crypto exchanges and mixing services.

Two other suspects linked to this conspiracy, 20-year-old Malone Lam (aka “Greavys,” “Anne Hathaway,” and “$$$”) and 21-year-old Jeandiel Serrano (aka “Box,” “VersaceGod,” and “@SkidStar”), were arrested and charged in September 2024.

According to court documents, Lam, Serrano, and others involved in the scheme allegedly gained unauthorized access to victims’ cryptocurrency accounts and transferred funds into crypto wallets they controlled. In an August 18th attack, they stole over 4,100 Bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., victim (worth more than $230 million at the time).

The article continues:

Besides cyber-enabled racketeering conspiracy and money laundering, the following defendants, who were indicted this week, also face charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit wire fraud:

• Marlon Ferro, 19 (Santa Ana, California)
• Hamza Doost, 21 (Hayward, California)
• Conor Flansburg, 21 (Newport Beach, California)
• Kunal Mehta, 45 (Irvine, California)
• Ethan Yarally, 18 (Richmond Hill, New York)
• Cody Demirtas, 19 (Stuart, Florida)
• Aakash Anand, 22 (New Zealand)
• Evan Tangeman, 21 (Newport Beach, California)
• Joel Cortes, 21 (Laguna Niguel, California)
• First Name Unknown-1, Last Name Unknown-1 aka “Chen” and “Squiggly” (location unknown)
• First Name Unknown-2, Last Name Unknown-2 aka “Danny” and “Meech” (location unknown)
• John Tucker Desmond, 19 (Huntington Beach, California)

The article is similarly written as the first we linked above and talks about what they did with the money.

This time, read the full article US charges 12 more suspects linked to $230 million crypto theft and thanks so much for playing!