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Romanian Barber Arrested for Allegedly Stealing $620K in Crypto
The man is accused of hacking "the seventh-largest cryptocurrency operator in the world."
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 12:25 p.m. Published Mar 12, 2021, 8:41 a.m. 1 min read
A barber in Romania suspected of stealing $620,000 in cryptocurrency from an unnamed company in the Cayman Islands has been apprehended.
- Ionel Roman, 38, from the southern city of Craiova, was arrested on March 5, and was charged with hacking, IT fraud and money laundering.
- According to a statement by prosecutors, Roman launched a cyberattack on a Cayman Islands-based company, described as "the seventh-largest cryptocurrency operator in the world," in late Janaury.
- The barber then transferred $620,000 worth of crypto to several people who paid him in fiat currency.
- Roman withdrew this money in numerous sums of 10,000 lei ($2,449), circumventing the need to provide identity credentials, according to Romania's Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).
- DIICOT seized 10,800 lei from Roman's home along with electronic equipment.
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