What investments? Public money laundering to buy Bitcoin ultimately generated $ 200 million in revenue, and Sony employees did a fantastic job.
The Justice Department released details of the major theft case yesterday, according to Times Media on December 21.A Japanese employee of the Sony company stole $ 154 million in public funds and exchanged all the money for Bitcoin. When the FBI recovered the loot, the bitcoins were worth 200 million yuan.
In a civil lawsuit in San Diego, California, it was reported that Rei Ishii, an employee of Sony Life Insurance in Tokyo, was accused of stealing $ 154 million in public funds in May of this year and sent to a Californian bank. To avoid tracing, the currency has been converted to 3879 Bitcoins.
After the incident, he was arrested by the police. After a joint venture between Sony, Citibank, the Japanese police and the US FBI, they finally found the private key needed to access Rei Ishii's Bitcoin address, and temporarily search for the account. .Fortunately, the 3,879 bitcoins were worth over $ 180 million at the time of recovery, which is $ 30 million more than their previous value, which reached 200 million yuan.
The US Department of Justice has said it can recover and trace any stolen bitcoin, and said Ishii could be prosecuted in Japan. While it's no surprise that police return the stolen Sony for $ 154 million, they don't go into detail on how to dispose of this trash. Going back to Sony would be a blessing this time in secret, but the end won't be good.
Some netizens who have heard the news criticize the Sony employee as just a "smart company" and say he should be appreciated, raise wages and profits last year. business.Of course, the crime of embezzlement is no small thing, but the sum of money is so good that this Sony employee has been assumed to have been squatting for years.
A lot of people think that cryptocurrencies in cryptocurrencies are very safe and even some of the crimes are not easy to track. But the fact proves that as long as you break the law, you can still track it with a few points, and even get your money back in bitcoin. Therefore, friends who want to do bad things with virtual currency should leave soon. Otherwise, virtual rewards will help you earn real money for one day, but you won't be able to use it for the rest of your life.
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