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Chongqing police have cracked a virtual currency theft case, involving an amount of about 400,000 yuan

ChainCatcher news, according to Xinhua News Agency, the Chongqing Public Security Bureau's Liangjiang New Area Branch successfully solved a virtual currency theft case involving approximately 400,000 yuan, arresting three criminal suspects. The case began at the end of June 2024 when the Tian Gong Dian Police Station of the Liangjiang New Area Branch received a report from a technology company in the jurisdiction, stating that over 2.6 million BLAST tokens (a type of virtual currency) had been stolen from the company's account. The police quickly identified and arrested the suspects Yang, Wu, and Sheng by analyzing the transaction paths and the flow of funds.Upon investigation, it was found that all three suspects were former employees of the technology company. They took advantage of their positions to implant malicious code into the company's computers, stealing the company's virtual wallet address and private key passwords. On the evening of June 26, after the company's virtual wallet received BLAST tokens distributed by the game officials, the suspects immediately transferred the tokens to a pre-prepared wallet, and then proceeded to cash out and divide the spoils. Currently, the three suspects have been lawfully approved for arrest by the procuratorial authorities on suspicion of theft, and the case is under further investigation.
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