22-YEAR-OLD SINGAPOREAN PLEADS GUILTY IN $245M CRYPTO HEIST
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Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean national, has pleaded guilty to leading an international social engineering scheme that stole and laundered $245 million in cryptocurrency. Prosecutors identified Lam as the operation's architect, operating under multiple aliases including "Anne Hathaway" and "King Greavy."
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