This 20-year-old young man executed one of the largest personal thefts in history.

His name is Malone Lam.

In August 2024, he defrauded a victim of 4,100 bitcoins and used the money to purchase 31 supercars.

The scammer first triggered an 'unauthorized Google account access' notification through technical means, alerting the victim to the anomaly.

A few days later, Malone impersonated a Google employee and called the victim to inquire about these 'unauthorized accesses'.

Through multiple communications, he gradually manipulated the victim, obtaining enough information to successfully access the victim's Google Drive.

In Google Drive, they discovered the victim's personal information, including details of their cryptocurrency assets on the Gemini platform.

Subsequently, his accomplice Jandil pretended to be an employee of the Gemini platform and contacted the victim again.

Jandil successfully persuaded the victim to download software that was said to 'protect cryptocurrency assets'.

The scammer used this software to steal the victim's private keys and absconded with up to 4,100 bitcoins.

At that time, the total value of these bitcoins was as high as 230 million dollars.

The two then laundered the stolen money through multiple cryptocurrency exchanges and mixing services.