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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated a criminal probe against FTX over a cybercrime that led to the disappearance of more than $370 million out of the exchange shortly after it had filed for bankruptcy, Bloomberg has learned, citing a person close to the matter.
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According to the report, US authorities have succeeded to block some of the stolen crypto. The person noted that the blocked assets only represent a “fraction” of the whole sum. FTX’s new boss, John J Ray III, said earlier that the exchange registered an “unauthorized access” to its funds the same day it had filed for bankruptcy.
The person close to the matter added that the investigation is led by the DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
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In later November, the hacker who attacked FTX, transferred around 255 BTC to the OKX crypto exchange. According to researchers ZachXBT and Nick bax.eth, the attacker also tried to obfuscate the transaction with the help of the Bitcoin mixer ChipMixer.
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