A network of young cryptocurrency thieves is facing prison time after their spending exposed one of the largest single-victim Bitcoin heists in U.S. history.
The group tricked a wealthy Washington, D.C., resident into surrendering access codes during impersonation calls, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
On August 18th of 2024 they took more than 4,100 bitcoin, then worth about $263 million. They laundered the coins and converted much of it to cash for a month-long binge.
Malone Lam, 22, is among those who have pleaded guilty. One night in a Los Angeles club he spent $569,000. The network rented mansions, bought more than 30 luxury vehicles and hired security.
Flashy purchases drew FBI attention. Arrests followed in September of 2024. Multiple defendants have been charged. Several have already pleaded guilty.
Prosecutor William Hart addressed the spending during a co-defendant’s sentencing.
“This luxury lifestyle, of which so many young men and women could only dream, was just built on a foundation of fraud.”
A magistrate compared an early court appearance to Ferris Bueller gone bad.
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