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Here’s the complaint https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/usa-ishii-forfeiture.pdf https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/

Here’s the complaint https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/usa-ishii-forfeiture.pdf https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/us... Some classic social engineering when he calls Citibank and convinces them to change they email address they have on record for approving transactions.

buildbuildbuild 5y ago
Blockchain activity: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1q7rhc02dvhmlfu8smywr9mayhdph85jlpf6paqu https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/address/bc1q7rhc02dvhmlfu8smy... I have no idea how this passed Coinbase's KYC limits, there must be much more to the story here. I can't imagine that it was a typical self-serve trade via their web UI, he surely developed some form of OTC relationship with Coinbase to pull off buying this much BTC and successfully withdrawing it. ~$144m of May 2021 BTC turned into ~$221m in December at the time of seizure, if they decide to realize the gains.
- desdiv 5y ago
  >I have no idea how this passed Coinbase's KYC limits, there must be much more to the story here. He fraudulently opened a Coinbase business account for SA Reinsurance, a Sony Life subsidiary. The SA Reinsurance documents he submitted were legitimate, but he was not authorized to open such an account.