bytenews.io

Archive About
English
REGULATION · STORYRingleader Admits Guiltin $245M Crypto Theft

22-Year-Old Malone Lam Pleads Guilty in $245 Million Crypto Racketeering Case

story · 3 sources
3 independentfirst seen published latency 3 min

Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges tied to a scheme that stole A 22 year-old crypto ringleader pleads guilty to $245 million racketeering scheme.The Block · · read it at the source in cryptocurrency, according to The Block.

US prosecutors said Lam organized an international network that used social engineering to trick cryptocurrency holders into handing over access to their funds, and that the operation also involved home break-ins, according to Cointelegraph.

CoinDesk reported that Lam admitted to being the ringleader behind the fraud case, which US authorities pursued as part of a broader crackdown on crypto theft networks operating across borders.

The plea marks a resolution of the criminal case against Lam, who prosecutors identified as the central figure directing the scheme’s members and operations, according to The Block.

Sources: The Block, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk

This article is for information only and is not financial advice.

What the market did

Price reactionnot recorded
Independent outlets3
Reports per hour0.14
Noveltyfollow-up3 outlet(s), 877 min spread

Each figure is this site’s own reading, with what it was measured against. A blank is a reading nobody took, not a zero. The before-the-headline window prints the rate a RANDOM hour clears the same bar, because a hit rate without its null is not a finding.

Tags: crypto crime, racketeering, social engineering, DOJ, guilty plea

US Department of Justice

Canonical IDBYTE-2026-09-09-0599permanent link
Cite this

Archived copy · an independent capture of this page at the Internet Archive, kept so this report can be checked against what it said on the day

Post on X Telegram
← more bytes