Odaily Planet Daily News - U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman announced that victims of a commercial email leak scheme may be compensated after suffering millions of dollars in fraud losses. In December 2023, a company engaged in real estate transactions reported that its system was breached, with scammers stealing over $1 million by submitting false wire transfer instructions. Investigations revealed that at least ten other businesses or individuals fell victim, with amounts ranging from $75,000 to $425,000. The fraud proceeds were laundered through multiple bank accounts and then consolidated into a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by Nigerian scammers. Law enforcement quickly acted, seizing approximately 32.68 BTC from the relevant cryptocurrency wallet, which was worth about $900,000 at the time. The U.S. Attorney's Office subsequently filed a civil forfeiture action against the seized BTC, and since the seizure, the value of BTC has more than doubled, thus all ten victims filing claims may potentially receive compensation.

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