163 bitcoin addresses a 2020 DOJ forfeiture complaint ties to laundering of North Korean exchange-hack proceeds
- Scam type: State-sponsored hacking
- Chain: Bitcoin
- Project or site name: North Korean exchange hacks: laundering of proceeds (2020 forfeiture, 280 accounts)
- Incident date: 2020-08-27
- Reported: 2026-10-28
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
A Justice Department civil forfeiture complaint filed August 27, 2020 describes North Korean cyber actors' hack of a South Korea-based virtual currency exchange, which investigators learned of in late 2018, their hack of a second South Korea-based exchange on or about November 27, 2019, and the laundering that followed. The complaint lists these bitcoin addresses in its Attachment A as property to be forfeited. Addresses: 3QAmBJmK4PbEg1QeKoVYWcP5LGUsjRodcb 1BHnp77MqZGGFaCGQ9J4GhLstPUeBshVcc bc1q9zlw8sp3qs3qtp9mswg68g073x65lm7v02ta5r bc1qpnrkqlyznqdw4qpuzzpnqzknqsjxychct9dq7f…