- Authorities seized a $41,000 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch.
- A multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency operation allegedly compromised over 600 Discord users and over 12 Twitter accounts.
- Senecal was apprehended after using the stolen money to purchase the AP watch.
The US FBI seized NFTs and bitcoin worth over $260,000 after receiving a tip from fictional blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.
As per reports, the FBI seized several assets belonging to Chase Senecal, a local of Brunswick, Maine, including two NFTs, Bored Ape Yacht Club #9658 and Doodle #3114, and 86.5678 ETH, which is worth $116,433. In addition, management seized a $41,000 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch.
Chase Senecal, also known online as HZ, was thoroughly investigated by ZachXBT, a self-described crypto detective who assisted in the seizure. After spending “months and months” monitoring their organization, they tweeted on September 1 that it was “a pleasure to know one of the key perpetrators (Chase Senecal) for NFT and crypto phishing attempts has been discovered.”
They connected the account used to buy the watch to several NFT hacks after the crypto sleuth tracked transactions about those attacks. 24-10-2022, a few weeks later, the FBI reportedly found and removed the materials.
In the investigative summary, Cam (the SIM swapper) traded Senecal access to the Twitter network, which he used to trick NFT holders. Senecal was apprehended after using the stolen money to purchase the AP watch. Attacks on Discord servers have been linked to the ISP used to buy the watch.
According to a previous claim made by ZachXBT about Senecal, over 600 Discord users, and over 12 Twitter accounts were allegedly compromised by a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency operation. Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian who established the cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato with a Hong Kong registration, was also detained by the FBI.
