Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis indicates that one of the biggest victims in the Ledger wallet theft case was a scammer, who lost over 60 bitcoins, amounting to approximately $4.8 million.
Recent disclosures about the theft that occurred after the Ledger hardware wallet was tampered with have triggered some schadenfreude reactions, as it was later discovered that one of the victims was a scammer who had lost over 60 BTC, amounting to approximately 4.8 million US dollars.
Chainalysis disclosed the transactions behind this theft in a tweet on Thursday, stating that the total amount of stolen funds was approximately 4.8 million US dollars in Bitcoin.
According to Chainalysis, these bitcoins came from a scam involving a task. Victims were paid to fake the sales and reviews of real products, until their accounts showed a "negative balance." Subsequently, they were required to invest their own money in order to receive any compensation.
Chainalysis wrote: 'One of the biggest victims in the Ledger theft case was a scammer themselves. They lost over 60 BTC, which is approximately 4.8 million US dollars. These funds came from a task-related scam. In this type of scam, people are paid to forge sales and reviews of real products. Subsequently, a 'negative balance' appeared in their accounts, and they were required to...'
According to Chainalysis, on September 22, the perpetrators of this fraud transferred their gains to three separate Ledger addresses. On October 9, the thieves transferred all the funds from these three addresses, with one transfer from each address, and ultimately all the funds ended up in the same wallet; this wallet has been reported to be holding the stolen money.
Ledger disclosed this incident on October 9th.
Regarding the tampered Ledger devices, Chainalysis does not mention where this scammer purchased these devices from.
On-chain investigator Specter has traced over $86 million in suspected stolen funds, but Ledger indicates that this figure has not yet been verified. On Tuesday, Ledger requested that its dealers and distributors in six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong suspend the sale of their equipment.
Ledger indicates that the total number of affected users or the amount of losses has not yet been confirmed, as the investigation is still in progress.
