FBI REVERSES A $1.2M CRYPTO HEIST WITH BLOCKCHAIN BRUTE FORCE

You can run your scam — but can you outrun the chain?

In a rare W for the good guys, the FBI just clawed back over $1 million in jacked crypto after a Kansas-based employee got socially engineered into sending BTC and ETH to a wallet owned by a ghost.

Here’s the digital autopsy:

A remote worker for Bizantine Capital, a crypto investment firm, got spoofed by an email nearly identical to one from a known client — classic sleight-of-hand social engineering. Hook, line, and $1.2M later, the scammer had their hands on Bitcoin and Ether, converted to US-pegged stablecoins and dropped into a burner wallet.

But they didn’t expect this:
The FBI’s blockchain bloodhounds traced the heist across three wallets, multiple token swaps, and a game of crypto shell. Armed with on-chain forensics and subpoena power, they hit up Tether — the last stop — and froze the loot.

Result?
$1M+ unfrozen and rerouted straight to a government wallet.

But this isn’t over. The feds are still tracking three wallets believed to hold the rest of the stolen stash — all now in their crosshairs.

This takedown is proof that on-chain anonymity is an illusion when real forensics kick in. Even in the shadows of crypto, digital footprints scream.

And if you’re still using slightly tweaked emails to rob wallets in 2025?

You’re not a hacker. You’re a walking indictment.

— CyberDark

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