A Sony employee in Japan stole $ 154 million in public funds and exchanged them for Bitcoin. A value of $ 180 million! The FBI is back

The US Department of Justice said on Monday it had taken steps to recover $ 154 million stolen from a Japanese employee at a Sony office.

According to a civil lawsuit filed on Monday in San Diego, Calif., Rei Ishii, an employee of Tokyo-based Sony Life Insurance, stole $ 154 million in cash as the company attempted to transfer money from the bank in May from This year. It was transferred to his account at a California bank, and the money was then converted into 3,879 bitcoins, which are now worth over $ 180 million.

These funds were withheld on December 1. With help from Sony, Citibank, and the Japanese Police Department, FBI agents were given a private key (equivalent to a password) needed to access Ishii's Bitcoin address. .

The US Department of Justice said, "All bitcoin smugglers with tracking traps have been recovered and stored in their entirety. Ishii has been prosecuted in Japan." "Our goal is to return the money to the victims of this theft. Well, today will help us do that."