One Litecoin address a 2020 DOJ forfeiture complaint ties to laundering of North Korean exchange-hack proceeds
- Scam type: State-sponsored hacking
- Chain: Litecoin
- Project or site name: North Korean exchange hacks: laundering of proceeds (2020 forfeiture, 113 accounts)
- Incident date: 2020-03-02
- Reported: 2026-10-28
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
A Justice Department civil forfeiture complaint filed March 2, 2020 describes North Korean co-conspirators' theft of virtual currency from four virtual currency exchanges, three of them based in South Korea, and the laundering of the proceeds through hundreds of automated "peel chain" transactions to other exchanges. The complaint lists this Litecoin address as property to be forfeited. Addresses: LLzTJFu3UcwXRrwaq2gLKnJaWWt3oGHVMK (Defendant Property 81; the complaint says the co-conspirators sent all the Litecoin they stole from the exchange to this address) Public Litecoin records show…
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