Theft

Theft

Finance

Man accuses wife of using CCTV cameras to steal $172 million bitcoin from his hardware wallet

The alleged theft of 2,323 bitcoin has triggered a High Court dispute testing how English property law applies to digital assets.

(Credit: Mahosadha Ong-Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

South Korea investigates seed phrase leak in photo leading to $4.8 million crypto theft from tax authority

The National Tax Service said it had intended to provide a vivid shot of the seizure by sharing a photo.

National Tax Services office South Korea. (By Minseong Kim-Wikimedia Commons/Modified by CoinDesk)

Juridique

AI Fake May Have Scammed Firms for Millions in FTX Claims: Report

Inca Digital has built a case against a shadowy figure cheating trading firms for more than $5 million in claims from the liquidation of the FTX exchange.

Inca Digital theft of FTX claims using AI deep fake

Finance

Police Arrest Two People Related to $243M Crypto Heist Targeting Genesis Creditor

More than $9 million has been frozen and $500,000 has been returned as a result of the investigation.

Two arrested in relation to crypto heist. (Zoshua Colah/Unsplash)

Analyses

Crypto Old-Head Otoh Talks Casascius Bitcoins, Tax Havens and Old Friends

The pseudonymous investor – early to both Ethereum and Litecoin – has lived large. He is a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival in Austin, Texas, May 29-31.

Original Casascius coins (casascius.com)

Analyses

Code Is Not (Always) Law

Sometimes, the law is the law, industry experts say.

(Kenny Eliason/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Microsoft Listing Fake Ledger App Leads to $590K of Bitcoin Stolen by Hackers

The hacker also stole $180,000 worth of assets on Ethereum and BSC.

(Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

Finance

Monkey Drainer Scammer Strikes Again, Steals $800K of NFTs

The phishing scammer made off with seven Crypto Punks and 20 Otherside NFTs.

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Web3

OpenSea Rolls Out Two New NFT Theft Protection Features

The top NFT marketplace by market share is taking additional efforts to protect its users from phishing attacks and prevent the resale of stolen NFTs on its platform.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)