Cryptocurrency exchange hack (July 2019) · July 2019
Para. 158: "A Member State's August 2020 court proceeding outlines further activities undertaken by the same China-based individuals to launder proceeds from a July 2019 and a September 2019 hack, which resulted in the theft of approximately $272,000 and $2.5 million, respectively. These hacks involved the theft of alternative cryptocurrencies, such as Proton tokens, PlayGame tokens and IHT Real Estate Protocol tokens."
Virtual currency exchange hack (July 2019) · July 2019
As alleged in the complaint, in July 2019, a virtual currency exchange was hacked by an actor tied to North Korea. The hacker allegedly stole over $272,000 worth of alternative cryptocurrencies and tokens, including Proton Tokens, PlayGame tokens, and IHT Real Estate Protocol tokens.
Theft of Proton Tokens (PTT) and other virtual currency from Exchange 3 · On or about July 1, 2019
On or about July 1, 2019, hackers stole approximately 401,981,748 Proton Tokens ("PTT") from a virtual currency exchange ("Exchange 3"). ... While 280,269,180 PTT was contained before the hackers could liquidate it, the remaining approximately 121,712,568 PTT entered the market. ... Ultimately the funds from the thefts of Exchange 3, Exchange 10, and the recent thefts attributed to North Korea, see 1:20-cv-00606-TJK, were laundered, at least in part, by the same Chinese OTC traders [Case No. 1:20-cv-02396, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; filing: COMPLAINT against 280 VIRTUAL CURRENCY ACCOUNTS]