4.21.25 Executive Summary on Hacked Funds:
Total hacked funds of USD 1.4bn around 500k ETH. 68.57% remain traceable, 27.59% have gone dark, 3.84% have been frozen. The untraceable funds primarily flowed into mixers then through bridges to P2P and OTC platforms.
Recently, we have observed that the mixer mainly used by the DPRK is Wasabi. After a certain amount of BTC was washed through Wasabi, a small portion of it entered CryptoMixer, Tornado Cash and Railgun.
Then, multiple cross-chain and swap services were carried out through platforms such as Thorchain, eXch, Lombard, LiFi, Stargate, and SunSwap. Eventually, it entered OTC (Over-the-Counter) or P2P (Peer-to-Peer) fiat currency exchange services.
ETH Whereabout:
432,748 ETH (84.45%, ~$1.21 B) has been transferred from Ethereum to BTC via Thorchain
67.25% (342,975 ETH, ~$960.33 M) has been converted into 10,003 BTC across 35,772 wallets (Average 0.28 BTC each) .
1.17% (5,991 ETH, ~$16.77 M) remains on the Ethereum blockchain across 12,490 wallets (Average 0.48 ETH each) .
BTC Whereabout:
944 BTC (6.34%, ~$90.62 M) went to Wasabi Mixer.
531 BTC (equivalent to 18,206 ETH, 3.57%) has been transferred from BTC to Ethereum via Thorchain.
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🚨 MY BANK ACCOUNT GOT FROZEN (SOLVED version)
‼️ALL 🇲🇾 MUST READ! 👇🏻
I never expected this to happen to me.
Here's how it happened:
30th October:
I created a P2P order on @Bybit_Official. The amount wasn’t big. My friends had told me to use the "Show only Eligible Ads" and "Show only Verified Advertisers" filters because it's safer (though not 100% safe—P2P always carries some risk). The verified check means the buyer has completed many P2P transactions without issues. But this time, I didn’t do that. My fault 🙏🏻. I just chose a random buyer to sell my USDT.
31st October:
In the morning, I realized I couldn’t log in to my bank account. The error showed "Invalid account ID." I immediately went to the nearest bank to find out more.
At the same time, I contacted my friend, who said it was highly likely that my account was frozen. I was super shocked. While the banker was checking my account, they called multiple departments. After about 30 minutes, the banker finally asked, “Do you play crypto?”
They explained that my account was suspected of money laundering, and the freeze was instructed by PDRM. I was told to go to the police station, make a police report, and prove there were no cases under my name then send the report to the branch manager. The banker provide me the branch manager email, where I had created my account.
I went to the police station and had to explain everything. I told them I got the money from a blockchain hackathon, but they didn’t know what blockchain was. So, I explained it’s like Bitcoin, but with a different type of token. Then they understood. 😂
After a long explanation, I got the police report (stating there are no cases under my name). I then emailed the report to the branch manager
November:
The manager showed me the P2P transactions in my account and asked where the money came from. I decided to be honest. I said I got it from a Hackathon, received USDT, and sold it on Bybit to someone I didn’t know.
Next, the manager gave me the PDRM Inspector (IO) details and told me to contact them to get a report confirming the investigation was concluded and the account could be reopened.
This was the toughest part—lots of waiting. From my survey, many people go through this, and the process can take months (some even wait half a year). But luckily, the IO handling my case was quite responsive.
The IO asked me to get the case number from the bank. However, the manager initially didn’t provide any case number, saying they didn’t have one. I followed up with the IO again, who said there must be a report number if the freeze was instructed by PDRM. After one day of back-and-forth, the manager finally gave me the report number.
So If your account is frozen, you might need to wait a few days to get the report number. If the bank says they don’t have one, you’ll need to keep following up every day.
I provided the report number to the IO, then he explained everything. TL;DR: The P2P buyer stole money from User A’s bank account and transferred it to us (a total of 12 P2P victims). In this case, I didn’t have to pay back the amount, as the issue was between the buyer and User A.
After about a month of processes, I finally received the investigation conclusion report. I sent it to the bank manager, who forwarded it to the bank HQ. The HQ reviewed all past transactions, and now my account is finally OPEN 👑.
📝A few notes for you:
1️⃣ If you want to cash out, use @LunoGlobal or other platforms regulated in 🇲🇾. If you love Bybit like me, make sure to apply filters—but remember, it’s not 100% safe. And check the buyer reviews.
2️⃣ Always deal with only 1–2 buyers.
3️⃣ Don’t sell your tokens to buyers offering abnormally high rates.
4️⃣ Use @RedotPay if you want to spend MYR normally.
5️⃣ If you got large amount of USDT, i think u already know where to cash out 😂
‼️ TL;DR step to get back your account:
1️⃣ Make a police report about your account got frozen and no cases under your name, then send to branch manager.
2️⃣ Get a report number from Bank
3️⃣ Contact IO
4️⃣ Get concluded report.
The process is tough, please be careful before you do any P2P.
PLEASE HELP RETWEET, if you think is helpful to everyone 🙏🏻