LeakBase admin "Chucky" was arrested.
For those unfamiliar, LeakBase was this big ass fuck off website which sold, traded, auctioned, and freely distributed stolen data from compromised websites or companies.
LeakBase audience was primarily Eastern European.
Despite the wide spread identify theft, credit card fraud, extortion, initial access brokering, and money laundering that "Chucky" enabled, he was a nice guy.
I used to send silly pictures of kitty cats to him.
@zostaff I’m interested in your journey! If you don’t mind me asking, how much did you start with and how much is your bot buying/selling shares per trade?
January 2026:
- a 21‑year old Canadian fugitive suspected of stealing $65M in crypto
two major exploits:
-Indexed Finance & KyberSwap
-$16.5M taken in 2021, $48M in 2023
the suspect:
Andean Medjedovic, math & programming prodigy
first attack at age 18 on Indexed Finance
later targeted KyberSwap with a sophisticated exploit
the timeline:
- arrested in Belgrade, Serbia (Aug 2024)
- released after court rejected Dutch extradition request
DOJ says he fled to Bosnia, current whereabouts unknown
methods:
- fake Slovakian passport
- traveled through Brazil, Dubai, Spain
- laundered funds using Tornado Cash and mixers
the hacks:
- Indexed Finance drained: $16.5M
- KyberSwap drained: $48M
- total: $65M in stolen crypto
today:
- fugitive status continues
- DOJ documents trace movements but no capture
one of the largest individual crypto thefts still unresolved