IRS Special Agent Stephan George's testimony established that almost 149,000 USDT was sent from Hanfeng Lin's account, eventually flowing through Tornado Cash, using specific blockchain tracing methods.
Scattered Spider snared financial orgs before retail
"Early on, this group was focused on cryptocurrency theft. Business process outsourcers were a huge target for a while. We saw them shift to financial services..."
North Korea shifted from relying on money mules to stealing cryptocurrency, leading to the emergence of sophisticated hacking groups like TraderTraitor.