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U.S. Prosecutors Charge Canadian Man With $65M Hacks of Indexed Finance, KyberSwap

  • A 22-year-old Canadian math whiz has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with cryptocurrency hacking schemes that allegedly earned him US$65 million in digital tokens.
  • Mr. Medjedovic is accused of exploiting vulnerabilities in decentralized financial platforms and laundering the proceeds of his schemes, according to the indictment unsealed on Monday.
  • On October 14, 2021, Mr. Medjedovic allegedly stole US$16.5 million in digital tokens from two liquidity pools operated by Indexed Finance.
  • The indictment claims he attempted to use several Layer 2 bridges to move approximately $42 million in fraudulently obtained crypto assets to the Ethereum blockchain.
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US accuses Canadian math prodigy of $65M crypto scheme

Suspect, still at large, said to back concept that 'code is law'

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BleepingComputer broke the news in on Monday, February 3, 2025.
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