US court filing via CourtListener RECAP: United States v. ALL VIRTUAL CURRENCY SEIZED FROM ONE MEXC ACCOUNT ENDING IN 8248, ONE MEXC ACCOUNT ENDING IN 7017, ONE BINANCE ACCOUNT ENDING IN 8327, AND ONE BINANCE ACCOUNT ENDING IN 5604
Theft from online platform COMPANY-2 via malware deployed by CryptoMimic actors (funds traced to MEXC accounts) · On or about March 13, 2024
On or about March 13, 2024, U.S. -based representatives of the online platform COMPANY-2 filed a complaint with the FBI stating that they had been the victim of a theft of approximately $34 million in virtual currency. ... the evidence indicates that CryptoMimic actors were behind this deployment of malware, and that it resulted in the theft of funds from COMPANY-2. ... They stole approximately 19 million NFP, valued at the time of the heist at approximately $17 million [Case No. 1:24-cv-03309, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; filing: COMPLAINT against ALL VIRTUAL CURRENCY SEIZED FROM ONE MEXC ACCOUNT ENDING IN 8248, ONE MEXC ACCOUNT ENDING IN 7017, ONE]