22-year-old bitcoin thief who stole $240 million in bitcoin pleads guilty, faces 20-years in prison

Malone Lam, a 22-year-old from Singapore now living in the United States, pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $240 million worth of bitcoin from a man in Washington, D.C. Lam led a group of young men who posed as a security team from Google and the Gemini crypto exchange. — Read the rest The post 22-year-old bitcoin thief who stole $240 million in bitcoin pleads guilty, faces 20-years in prison appeared first on Boing Boing.

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22-year-old bitcoin thief who stole $240 million in bitcoin pleads guilty, faces 20-years in prison












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Malone Lam, a 22-year-old from Singapore now living in the United States, pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $240 million worth of bitcoin from a man in Washington, D.C. Lam led a group of young men who posed as a security team from Google and the Gemini crypto exchange. — Read the rest

The post 22-year-old bitcoin thief who stole $240 million in bitcoin pleads guilty, faces 20-years in prison appeared first on Boing Boing.

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