Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34 is accused of carrying out dozens of ransomware attacks in 2020 has been extradited to the United States, and more than $28 million in bitcoin (BTC) was seized at his home in connection with the case.
- reported by Coindesk
Next was Vachon-Desjardins – a former IT professional for the Canadian government – was arrested in Quebec in January. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) seized 719 bitcoins (worth over $28 million at current prices) and $790,000 in Canadian currency from his home. Canadian media report, however, that Vachon-Desjardins told the court he’d actually stolen over 2,000 bitcoins over his ransomware career.
I am still not sure they are all related to one another but one thing is they really did have a lot stolen uing ransomwares. Be mindful of the links you click guys!
