ZachXBT: UK hacker Danny has reportedly been arrested, with $18.58 million in crypto assets seized.

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On December 5, on-chain sleuth ZachXBT disclosed on his personal channel that UK hacker Danny / Meech (also known as Danish Zulfiqar / Khan) was suspected to have been arrested by law enforcement agencies and had his crypto assets seized. ZachXBT had been tracking and identifying him for some time; he is suspected of being involved in the theft of $243 million in crypto assets from Genesis creditors in August 2024. Other individuals involved include Malone, Veer, Chen, and Jeandiel. Danny also participated in the Kroll SIM swap attack in August 2023, which resulted in the leak of personal information of BlockFi, Genesis, and FTX creditors. Subsequent targeted social engineering scams arising from this incident have caused losses exceeding $300 million. A few hours ago, several addresses associated with Danny, tracked by ZachXBT, consolidated and transferred $18.58 million in crypto assets to an address starting with 0xb37d. The pattern is similar to previous law enforcement asset seizures.

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