FBI Seizes NFTs from Crypto Scammer
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03 February 2023 20:52, UTC
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized a variety of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from a phishing scammer often known as Horror (HZ) or Chase Senecal.
The NFTs, which embody BoredApeYachtClub #9658 and Doodle #3114, have a mixed worth of $104,856.20.
The FBI’s motion was a results of an investigation carried out by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.
In keeping with ZachXBT, the individual accountable for the current spate of hacked NFT Twitter accounts is Cameron Redman.
Redman has a historical past of SIM swapping. He stole $37 million price of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Money from a single individual in February 2020.
Since December 2021, ZachXBT has tracked over 600 compromised Discord servers and greater than a dozen hacked NFT Twitter accounts, which have resulted in tens of millions of {dollars} being stolen.
The investigation revealed that Redman offered Twitter panel entry to scammers HZ and Popbob in June, which enabled them to hack NFT Twitter accounts and defraud individuals.
ZachXBT seen that HZ lately flaunted an iced-out Audemars Piguet watch on Twitter and suspected that he paid for it with crypto. The on-chain sleuth reached out to a watch vendor and confirmed that the watch was certainly bought by HZ utilizing stolen funds. The handle utilized by HZ to pay for the watch was immediately funded by a number of addresses linked to phishing assaults on NFT and crypto.
Whereas the FBI’s seizure of NFTs from HZ/Chase is a step ahead within the battle towards phishing assaults within the NFT and crypto house, Popbob and others within the group stay at massive. ZachXBT’s investigation serves as a reminder of the significance of being vigilant and the function that the neighborhood can play in stopping phishing scams.
