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INDICTMENT CHARGES TWO IN $230 MILLION CRYPTOCURRENCY SCAM

Thursday, September 19, 2024
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia
USADC.Media@usdoj.gov
FBI Arrests Defendants for Fraud, Money Laundering Conspiracy
lamserrano_indictment_24cr417.pdf

            WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today charging Malone Lam,
20, of Miami, FL and Los Angeles, CA, and Jeandiel Serrano, 21, of Los Angeles,
CA, with conspiracy to steal and launder over $230 million in cryptocurrency
from a victim in Washington, D.C.  Lam, a citizen of Singapore who goes by the
online monikers “Anne Hathaway” and “$$$”, and Serrano, who uses “VersaceGod”
and “@SkidStar”, were arrested last night and are appearing in U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Florida and the Central District of
California, respectively, today.

            The arrests and indictment were announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew
M. Graves, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington
Field Office’s Criminal and Cyber Division, and Executive Special Agent in
Charge Kareem A. Carter of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation
(IRS-CI) Washington, D.C. Field Office.

            According in the indictment, since at least August 2024, Lam,
Serrano, and others conspired to carry out cryptocurrency thefts and to launder
the stolen crypto currency through exchanges and mixing services. The
conspirators would fraudulently gain access to victim cryptocurrency accounts
and then transfer victim funds into their possession. They laundered the
proceeds, including by moving the funds through various mixers and exchanges
using “peel chains,” pass-through wallets, and virtual private networks (VPNs)
to mask their true identities.  Lam and Serrano then allegedly spent the
laundered cryptocurrency proceeds on international travel, nightclubs, luxury
automobiles, watches, jewelry, designer handbags, and rental homes in Los
Angeles and Miami. In one instance, on August 18, 2024, Lam, Serrano, and their
conspirators contacted a victim in D.C. and, through the communications with
that victim, fraudulently obtained over 4,100 Bitcoin (worth over $230 million
at the time).

            This ongoing investigation is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s
Office for the District of Columbia, the FBI’s Washington Field Office, and the
IRS-Criminal Investigation Washington Field Office.  Significant investigative
and operational support was provided by the FBI’s Los Angeles and Miami Field
Offices.

            An indictment is merely an allegation and all defendants are
presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of
law.

 

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24cr417

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Updated September 19, 2024

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Topic
Financial Fraud
Components
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
USAO - District of Columbia
Press Release Number: 24-764



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