Suspect pleads guilty in $240 million bitcoin heist
A 22-year-old has pleaded guilty in a bitcoin theft valued at $240 million, described as one of the largest heists in U.S. history. The report concerns a completed criminal case rather than an ongoing attack.
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Why it matters
The scale highlights the exposure of digital assets to major theft and cyber-enabled financial crime.
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- 22-year-old pleads guilty in $240 million bitcoin heist, one of the largest in US history ↗us.cnn.com · Recorded source date: Sep 10, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC
- 22-year-old pleads guilty in $240 million bitcoin heist, one of the largest in US history ↗cnn.com · Recorded source date: Sep 10, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC
- 22-year-old school dropout steals $245 million in Bitcoin by posing as Google and Gemini executives; pleads guilty as stolen fortune funds Ferraris, mansions and a $569,000 night out ↗timesofindia.indiatimes.com · Recorded source date: Sep 10, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC
- Un furto da 240 milioni di dollari in bitcoin si aggiudica il primato negli USA ↗zazoom.it · Recorded source date: Sep 10, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC
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