2/ Incident Summary: On August 19, 2024 the threat actors targeted a single Genesis creditor by:
1) Calling as Google Support via spoofed number to compromise personal accounts
2) Calling after as Gemini support claiming account is hacked
3) Social engineered victim into resetting 2FA and sending Gemini funds to compromised wallet
4) Got victim to use AnyDesk to share screen and leaked private keys from Bitcoin core.
Gemini txn hash
59.34 BTC - Aug 19 at 1:48 am UTC
e747b963a463334c164b0a8fff844f73693272bb2b331adbe2147d70ec196360
14.88 BTC - Aug 19 at 2:30 am UTC
7c7ebed785f0b4d4335d559b14b8215862fbe29db329e3ee0f2a7e64a16ce9e3
1) Calling as Google Support via spoofed number to compromise personal accounts
2) Calling after as Gemini support claiming account is hacked
3) Social engineered victim into resetting 2FA and sending Gemini funds to compromised wallet
4) Got victim to use AnyDesk to share screen and leaked private keys from Bitcoin core.
Gemini txn hash
59.34 BTC - Aug 19 at 1:48 am UTC
e747b963a463334c164b0a8fff844f73693272bb2b331adbe2147d70ec196360
14.88 BTC - Aug 19 at 2:30 am UTC
7c7ebed785f0b4d4335d559b14b8215862fbe29db329e3ee0f2a7e64a16ce9e3
5/ Wiz (Veer) received a large % cut from theft and slipped up during screenshare by leaking his full name during the theft.
Additional comfort was gained as throughout multiple recordings accomplices referred to him as Veer on audio and in chats.
$34.5M of his funds sit here
0x3c7a5f2795e73d2b94a9120a643f608cfc45c935
Additional comfort was gained as throughout multiple recordings accomplices referred to him as Veer on audio and in chats.
$34.5M of his funds sit here
0x3c7a5f2795e73d2b94a9120a643f608cfc45c935
7/ Greavys (Malone) lives a flashy lifestyle with the stolen funds having purchased 10+ cars and going out to clubs in LA and Miami with friends spending $250K-500K / night and giving out Birkin bags to girls.
During video clips and in chats multiple people refer to him as Malone and was flexing stolen funds on Discord.
Currently $3.5M tied to Greavys sits here
0x21d7d256be564191a43553e574c06a4d0e629767
During video clips and in chats multiple people refer to him as Malone and was flexing stolen funds on Discord.
Currently $3.5M tied to Greavys sits here
0x21d7d256be564191a43553e574c06a4d0e629767
9/ Box (Jeandiel/John) played a role by calling the victim as the Gemini exchange rep.
On Discord, Telegram, and other platform Box reuses the same pfp.
Currently $18M tied to Box sits here
0x98b0811e2cc7530380caf1a17440b18f71f51f4e
Danny Trauma (Danish) was active in the inner Telegram chat as Meech although itβs not immediately clear his exact role although it is known he has access to multiple bankruptcy dbs.
His ex-gf leaked all of his photos on social media however so his info has been public.
On Discord, Telegram, and other platform Box reuses the same pfp.
Currently $18M tied to Box sits here
0x98b0811e2cc7530380caf1a17440b18f71f51f4e
Danny Trauma (Danish) was active in the inner Telegram chat as Meech although itβs not immediately clear his exact role although it is known he has access to multiple bankruptcy dbs.
His ex-gf leaked all of his photos on social media however so his info has been public.
11/ While most of the funds were converted to XMR both Box and Wiz accidentally linked the laundered funds with the dirty funds on multiple instances.
a) Wiz during screenshare showed an address he sent funds to for designer clothes which had millions in exposure to the cluster above.
0xb98b8ac004cea6617adcf3e94106d0eec1792bd9
b) Box linked the dirty funds with the cleans funds by accidentally reusing a deposit address.
0x6d865235ebb2504d3478fc1dd839100d210144df
a) Wiz during screenshare showed an address he sent funds to for designer clothes which had millions in exposure to the cluster above.
0xb98b8ac004cea6617adcf3e94106d0eec1792bd9
b) Box linked the dirty funds with the cleans funds by accidentally reusing a deposit address.
0x6d865235ebb2504d3478fc1dd839100d210144df
12/ With the assistance of @CFInvestigators @zeroshadow_io and the Binance Security Team more than $9M+ has been frozen and $500K+ has already been returned back after working closely with the victim to investigate the incident.
14/ My post will be updated as the legal case progresses.
In the meantime mint a free collectible to commemorate the investigation of the stolen $243M below on Zora.
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In the meantime mint a free collectible to commemorate the investigation of the stolen $243M below on Zora.
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Update: Box (Jeandiel) and Greavys (Malone) just had the indictment for the case unsealed
justice.gov
justice.gov
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