Iranian officials stole $21 million in cryptocurrency under the guise of anti-corruption investigation

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03-31
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Planet Daily News: Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) senior interrogation officials have been accused of orchestrating one of the country's most audacious cryptocurrency theft cases - during the investigation of the collapsed exchange Cryptoland and its CEO Sina Estavi, they misappropriated cryptocurrency worth over $21 million. According to reports, officials from the IRGC's Intelligence and Economic Crimes Department transferred tokens from the exchange's seized assets to wallets under their control, and then sold these tokens under the pretext of an anti-corruption investigation for personal gain. Court documents reviewed by Iranian international sources show that two senior officials from the IRGC's Economic Intelligence Department, Mehdi Hajipour and Mehdi Badi, were the masterminds behind this theft. Blockchain evidence in the report indicates that Hajipour's wallet alone processed BRG tokens worth over $21 million, which is the platform's native token. (decrypt)

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