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Billions in Bitcoin Tied to Alleged Scammer Wanted by DOJ Are on the Move
The alleged mastermind behind a $14 billion crypto scam, currently on the run from the U.S. government, has begun moving billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin to new wallets, according to on-chain data. Wallets tied to Chen Zhi, a Chinese and Cambodian national allegedly at the center of a global pig butchering crypto scam network, moved nearly $2 billion worth of Bitcoin from wallets recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department to new addresses, according to analysis from Arkham Intelligence. The 15,959 BTC were moved to four new wallets from addresses blacklisted by Treasury last week. At writing, the value ... (full story)