Security forces in the US arrested two people for stealing more than $240 million worth of Bitcoin. More than 4 thousand Bitcoins are allegedly stolen from the Genesis creditor.

In a statement made by the US Attorney General’s Office for the District of Columbia; It was stated that two hackers named Malone Lam (20) and Jeandiel Serrano (21) stole 4100 BTC from a resident of Washington.

“We are calling from Google-Genesis Support”

The theft, which occurred in August, began with the scammers telling the victim that they were calling on behalf of Google Support. The same people then made another call to the victim saying they were reaching them through Genesis Support. The scammers convinced the victim that his account had been hacked and demanded that his two-step authentication (2FA) password be reset.

The hackers then used this method to withdraw the stolen BTC to their own wallets. These people, who tried to launder Bitcoins by converting them into Ethereum and Litecoin through exchanges and mixers, also made many expensive expenses such as luxury cars, houses, jewellery and bags.

Crypto researchers and the FBI together…

The surveillance process was carried out by crypto researcher ZachXBT, Binance’s security team, Web3 security firm zeroShadow, and officials from the FBI and the US Department of Justice.

Famous crypto tracking expert ZachXBT informed that a third person using the nickname ‘Wiz’ was also identified. This person has not yet been caught.

An indictment was written for two people who were caught and sent to prison.