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Crypto enforcement: hack or theft

40 US enforcement actions involving hack or theft in crypto since January 2024.

40 actions since January 2024

DateAgencyActionStageFigure
30 Oct 2026DOJAn Israeli national was extradited and charged with exploiting the Nomad Bridge smart contract to steal about $2.89 million in crypto.Criminal charge$2.9m stolen
19 Oct 2026DOJAn Uzbekistan man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for a fake crypto wallet app used to steal about $11.8 million in EOS.Guilty plea$11.8m stolen
07 Oct 2026DOJA Maryland man was convicted by a jury of computer fraud and money laundering for hacking the Uranium Finance crypto exchange of over $50 million.Conviction$53.3m stolen
28 Sept 2026DOJProsecutors filed a civil forfeiture action to recover about $47,000 in USDT allegedly stolen from a Massachusetts victim's Coinbase account.Seizure or forfeiture$47,000 forfeiture
08 Sept 2026DOJA Singaporean ringleader pleaded guilty to a RICO conspiracy that used social engineering to steal over $245 million in crypto.Guilty plea$245.0m stolen
13 Aug 2026DOJA Washington State man pleaded guilty to hijacking a Niagara Falls bitcoin mining company's computers to divert bitcoin to himself.Guilty plea$53,316 stolen
11 May 2026DOJA Canadian man and a Miami co-conspirator were indicted in an alleged support-impersonation crypto theft scheme causing $13M+ in losses.Criminal charge$13.0m stolen
06 May 2026DOJA 20-year-old California man was sentenced to 78 months for burglaries and laundering in a $250M+ crypto social engineering theft ring.Sentence$250.0m stolen
17 Apr 2026DOJA Scottish man pleaded guilty to a phishing and SIM-swap scheme that hacked companies and stole at least $8 million in crypto.Guilty plea$8.0m stolen
01 Apr 2026DOJFederal prosecutors in Connecticut forfeited about $600,000 in Tether tied to a fake Ledger security letter scam that drained a victim's wallet.Seizure or forfeiture$600,000 forfeiture
30 Mar 2026DOJA Maryland man was charged with computer fraud and money laundering over alleged hacks stealing over $50 million from Uranium Finance.Criminal charge$53.3m stolen
08 Dec 2025DOJA California man pleaded guilty to RICO conspiracy for laundering funds in a social engineering scheme that stole $263M in crypto; three more charged.Guilty plea$263.0m stolen
24 Nov 2025DOJFederal prosecutors forfeited stolen cryptocurrency and returned about $84,327 to a Richmond Hill, Georgia theft victim.Seizure or forfeiture$84,328 forfeiture
09 Sept 2025DOJDOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint against over $5 million in bitcoin allegedly stolen from five victims via SIM swap attacks.Seizure or forfeiture$5.0m forfeiture
15 Aug 2025DOJA crypto influencer was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for defrauding cloud providers of $3.5 million in computing to mine crypto.Sentence$3.5m stolen
30 Jun 2025DOJFour North Korean nationals charged with posing as remote IT workers to steal and launder over $900,000 in virtual currency.Criminal charge$900,000 stolen
12 Jun 2025DOJDOJ used civil forfeiture to recover over $680,000 in crypto stolen from SafeMoon via an exploit and front-running bot, returning it to the victim.Seizure or forfeiture$680,468 forfeiture
16 May 2025DOJAn Alabama man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for a SIM swap that enabled a hack of the SEC's X account with a false Bitcoin ETF post.Sentence—
15 May 2025DOJA superseding indictment charges 12 more people in an alleged RICO conspiracy behind over $263 million in crypto thefts and laundering.Criminal charge$263.0m stolen
02 Apr 2025DOJA Minnesota man pleaded guilty to computer fraud for using his former employer's AWS account to mine Ethereum, causing over $45,000 in costs.Guilty plea$45,000 stolen
07 Feb 2025DOJAn Indiana man was sentenced to 20 years for a cyber intrusion that stole $37 million in crypto from nearly 600 investment firm clients.Sentence$37.0m stolen
03 Feb 2025DOJA Canadian man was charged with exploiting KyberSwap and Indexed Finance DeFi protocols to allegedly obtain about $65 million.Criminal charge$65.0m stolen
16 Jan 2025SECSEC charged a New York blockchain engineer with a rug pull of the Game Coin token; he agreed to settle without admitting the allegations.Settlement$553,000 stolen
17 Dec 2024DOJA former crypto research firm finance executive was sentenced to 48 months for stealing about $4.46 million from his employer.Sentence$4.5m stolen
13 Dec 2024DOJA former Secret Service agent pleaded guilty to stealing about $56,000 in cryptocurrency from an agency evidence vault.Guilty plea$56,000 stolen
05 Dec 2024DOJA Nebraska man pleaded guilty to wire fraud for a cryptojacking scheme that defrauded cloud providers of over $3.5 million in computing resources.Guilty plea$3.5m stolen
04 Nov 2024DOJA northern Minnesota man was indicted for allegedly using his former employer's AWS account to mine Ethereum in a cryptojacking scheme.Criminal charge$45,000 stolen
17 Oct 2024DOJAn Alabama man was arrested and charged over a SIM swap that hijacked the SEC's X account to post a fake bitcoin ETF approval.Criminal charge—
17 Oct 2024DOJAn Indian national was sentenced to 60 months in prison for stealing over $20 million in crypto via fake Coinbase websites.Sentence$20.0m stolen
04 Oct 2024DOJUS filed a civil forfeiture complaint against 200,000 USDT traced from bitcoin fraudulently taken from an Ohio victim's wallet.Seizure or forfeiture$200,000 forfeiture
01 Oct 2024DOJA 21-year-old Indiana man pleaded guilty to conspiracies over a cyber intrusion that stole $37 million in crypto from about 600 victims.Guilty plea$37.0m stolen
27 Sept 2024SECSEC sued a U.K. citizen alleged to have hacked five U.S. public companies and traded on earnings data, using bitcoin to hide his identity.Civil action$3.8m alleged fraud
19 Sept 2024DOJTwo young men were charged with conspiring to steal and launder over $230 million in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C. victim.Criminal charge$230.0m stolen
18 Jul 2024DOJA former crypto research firm finance VP pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing about $4.46 million from his employer.Guilty plea$4.5m stolen
03 Jul 2024DOJA Colorado man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for stealing about $2.1 million in cryptocurrency from a client he advised.Sentence$2.1m stolen
26 Jun 2024DOJA man from Uzbekistan was extradited and arraigned on charges of using a fake crypto wallet app to steal about $11.8 million in EOS.Criminal charge$11.8m stolen
15 May 2024DOJTwo brothers were arrested and charged with allegedly exploiting the Ethereum blockchain to steal about $25 million in crypto in 12 seconds.Criminal charge$25.0m stolen
15 Apr 2024DOJA Nebraska man was indicted for an alleged cryptojacking scheme defrauding cloud providers of $3.5 million in computing resources.Criminal charge$3.5m alleged fraud
12 Apr 2024DOJA former security engineer was sentenced to three years in prison for hacking two decentralized crypto exchanges and stealing over $12 million.Sentence$12.0m stolen
18 Jan 2024DOJA Sugar Land man was sentenced to 24 months for identity theft after stealing $520,000 and laundering it as Bitcoin via Bitstamp.Sentence$520,000 stolen

Each row is one published step in a case, linked to its source document, so a case can appear again as it moves from charge to plea to sentence. Where one step was announced twice within days, it counts once. Justice Department rows are press releases whose headline names crypto. Figures are the main amount each document states, and for charges they are allegations. Allegations are unproven unless a conviction, plea or settlement is stated. Summaries and stages are machine-read from the document and checked automatically, so the linked document is the authority.

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