Jeandiel Serrano, 21, and co-conspirator Malone Lam, 20, tricked a Washington man that they were Google technical support staff in order to steal over 4,100 Bitcoin, which they then used to fund a brief, but lavish lifestyle.
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While watching each move the victim made on his computer, Serrano manipulated him into opening files with private keys to over 4,100 Bitcoin, valued at $230 million, according to the Justice Department.
I can’t believe someone with this much has it sitting in EOAs with private keys stored in files sitting on their PC.
That’s wild.