We all know Sam Bankman-Fried stole billions, but who stole $400 million from FTX during the collapse. This story was pretty wild and there were a bunch of conspiracies surrounding the heist. Well the U.S. federal government on Wednesday charged three people with a years long phone hacking scheme that culminated in that infamous theft of $400 million.
In an 18-page indictment filed in D.C. court, prosecutors accused Robert Powell, Carter Rohn and Emily Hernandez with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and identity theft in their operation of a SIM swapping ring that targeted fifty victims between March 2021 and April 2023. Their most notable heist came on Nov 11, 2022, when the trio siphoned $400 million from an unidentified company.
It's now report that that theft was in fact FTX. They were able gain access to an employee of the crypto exchange through AT&T and transferred out hundreds of millions of dollars worth of crypto. The charges offer a solution to one of the most asked question left in the FTX saga. I always thought Sam stole the money as it disappeared in the exchange's filed for bankruptcy protection. I guess Sam was not even that smart and I gave him too much credit.
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once a theft is always a theft, and here FTX was a thief.
They were so crazy to see someone steal from them.
The technique that they used looks sophisticated. I guess FTX seem like a good target at the time given all that was happening inside. Glad the mystery is solved now, Sam is indeed not that smart lol.
People are the easiest targets to get to big corporations.
There’s always a way ….
So true I think it's wild they got that much.
I’m surprised they didn’t get more.
I didn't expect FTX to be the hidden target. I guess employees getting hacked happens way too often but I don't know why he let people know about the hack.
It's weird because there was so much talk about Sam having this money. I'm glad he does not and they got the guys who did this. I hope the funds are returned to users.
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Till today I guess the whole news about the FTX collapse has not yet been fully shown outside
When we do wrong to someone, we are wrong back, now his own money has also been stolen
It will really be a great news if this issue can be totally solved