Caught Lying AGAIN: 'Russia-Russia-Russia' - The FBI "recovered" most of the Colonial cryptojack ransom payment. How? They served a seizure warrant on an exchange in the United States. - Kotaku In Action 2

Caught Lying AGAIN: 'Russia-Russia-Russia' - The FBI "recovered" most of the Colonial cryptojack ransom payment. How? They served a seizure warrant on an exchange in the United States. (market-ticker.org)

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– RaisingPhoenix 0 points 3 years ago +1 / -1

Depends on how the crypto was being routed. The victims may have chosen to go to an exchange to get their crypto...and then the fbi said no (oversimplification but I think you get the gist)

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– mvrak 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

If the fbi stopped the victims, then the ransom was not paid. And the FBI stole the money.

If the fbi didn't stop the victims, then they don't know where the money ended up, or the criminals didn't mix the money before going to an exchange? This is literally as easy as depositing it into defi, cashing out a loan, and letting the deposit self-liquidate.

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