Three people were indicted for an identity theft conspiracy that allegedly included the $400 million hack from FTX on the same day in November 2022 that the doomed cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy protection, court records show.
A source familiar with the case confirmed that FTX was the victim mentioned in the indictment.
Later on Nov. 11 and continuing into the next day, "co-conspirators transferred over $400 million in virtual currency from [FTX's] virtual currency walls to virtual currency wallets controlled by the co-conspirators.
The indictment says that several weeks before the FTX hack, the scheme looted $293,000 in virtual currency from one victim, and days later, stole more than $1 million in crypto from another person.
A day after the FTX hack, the conspirators stole about $590,000 in crypto from an individual's virtual wallet.
Persons:
Robert Powell, Carter Rohn, Emily Hernandez, Gal Pissetzky, FTX, Sam Bankman, Fried, Powell, Hernandez
Organizations:
Washington , D.C, U.S, Attorney's, FTX, CNBC PRO
Locations:
Krakow, Poland, Chicago, Indianapolis, Colorado, Washington ,, Washington, Manhattan, Texas