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A former FBI agent who is alleged to have stolen about $1 million in cryptocurrency from an adversarial nation and made plans to move to Portugal with the help of an AI chatbot is scheduled to plead guilty on Thursday, according to court records.

A former FBI agent who is alleged to have stolen about $1 million in cryptocurrency from an adversarial nation and made plans to move to Portugal with the help of an AI chatbot is scheduled to plead guilty on Thursday, according to court records.
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North Korea denied any involvement in the recent cryptocurrency heist at Binance, dismissing the U.S. announcement blaming North Korean hackers for the incident as “a trite provocation.”

North Korea denied any involvement in the recent cryptocurrency heist at Binance, dismissing the U.S. announcement blaming North Korean hackers for the incident as “a trite provocation.”
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North Korea rejected US claims that it was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, after the FBI blamed an elite team of Pyongyang’s hackers for the biggest crypto heist on record

North Korea rejected US claims that it was behind the theft of more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance, after the FBI blamed an elite team of Pyongyang’s hackers for the biggest crypto heist on record
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‘Ferris Bueller Gone Bad’: 22-Year-Old Pleads Guilty in Giant Bitcoin Heist

Malone Lam, a Singaporean citizen, admitted to stealing cryptocurrency valued at more than $245 million in one of the largest such heists in U.S. history.
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A 22-year-old man from Singapore is expected to plead guilty this week in Washington to orchestrating one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over $240 million.

A 22-year-old man from Singapore is expected to plead guilty this week in Washington to orchestrating one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over $240 million.
bloomberg.com • • bsky.app

An FBI agent has allegedly turned himself in for stealing about $1 million in cryptocurrency from foreigners the agency was investigating

An FBI agent has allegedly turned himself in for stealing about $1 million in cryptocurrency from foreigners the agency was investigating
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F.B.I. Agent Is Accused of Stealing Cryptocurrency

The agent confessed to making unauthorized withdrawals from a criminal target overseas, according to court papers.