According to Foresight News, on-chain detective ZachXBT published an article revealing a major crypto asset theft against a Genesis creditor. On August 19, 2024, three hackers stole $243 million worth of crypto assets from a Genesis creditor through a highly sophisticated social engineering attack. According to ZachXBT's investigation, the attackers first impersonated Google customer service, deceived the victim over the phone, and successfully hacked into their personal accounts. Later, they disguised themselves as support staff of the Gemini exchange, claiming that the account was hacked, inducing the victim to reset the two-factor authentication and transfer the funds in the Gemini account to the controlled wallet. Finally, the hackers induced the victim to share the screen using AnyDesk remote desktop software, thereby stealing the private key of the Bitcoin Core wallet.
ZachXBT has identified three main suspects: Veer Chetal (alias Wiz), Malone Iam (alias Greavys), and Jeandiel Serrano (alias Box). Veer received the largest share of the stolen funds, approximately $34.5 million. Currently, more than $9 million in funds have been successfully frozen, of which more than $500,000 has been returned to victims. Malone and Jeandiel have been arrested in Miami and Los Angeles, respectively. Law enforcement expects that more funds may be seized during the arrests, as a large amount of fund transfers were observed before and after the arrests.