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Singapore man Malone Lam pleads guilty after massive US bitcoin heist and spending spree

South China Morning Post 08 September 2026 3h ago
Singapore man Malone Lam pleads guilty after massive US bitcoin heist and spending spree
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A 22-year-old man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to teaming up with friends to steal nearly a quarter-billion dollars in bitcoin from a Washington resident – one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in US history – and then embarking on a wild spending spree with the laundered proceeds. Malone Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the US from Singapore, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years af
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