A special agent for the U.S. Secret Service in Phoenix, 32-year-old Anthony Joseph Evans, has pleaded guilty to stealing cryptocurrency from an evidence vault. He faces a maximum of one year in prison and will need to pay restitution. In early 2022, Evans accessed a hard wallet containing cryptocurrency worth about $56,000 and transferred it ...
An Arizona man, Nuruhussein Hussein, was arrested for allegedly stealing over $200,000 in cryptocurrency while pretending to be an Uber driver. Police say he lured unsuspecting passengers at a Scottsdale hotel, asking them to use their phones to look up directions or connect to the app. During this time, he transferred cryptocurrency from their digital ...
Biggest Heist Ever is a captivating Netflix documentary from Chris Smith that dives into the theft of $4 billion in stolen cryptocurrency. The story follows Heather Morgan, an aspiring rapper known as Razzlekhan, and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, who become prime suspects in this massive fraud case. Despite being under investigation, the couple’s extravagant lifestyle ...
ReversingLabs recently identified a malicious Python package named “aiocpa” that was targeting cryptocurrency wallets through harmful updates. Attackers first gained user trust by creating a seemingly legitimate crypto tool before injecting malicious code in later versions. The threat was detected by ReversingLabs’ machine learning system, Spectra Assure, which flagged the updated package due to hidden ...
