Remember this guy?
Yeah, that’s Malone Lam — and it looks like he’s becoming the new face of next-gen crime.
We’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars, thousands of bitcoins, luxury homes, wild parties, exotic cars... You’ve heard of Al Capone? Well, Lam is the new Al Capone, just with crypto and private jets.
He was actually arrested last year, but the U.S. government just now dropped the details. And it’s wild.
This week, they identified 12 more people tied to his crew. A few were arrested, two are reportedly hiding abroad. All in all, prosecutors in D.C. say Lam & co. stole $263 million — from unnamed victims. One of them lost 4,100 BTC. That’s not a typo.
But the spending? That’s the real movie-level stuff:
-$500K in one night at a club
-Designer bags & clothes for his girlfriends
-Private jets
-28 cars worth over $9 million
Oh, and the part that broke everyone’s brain?
Malone Lam is 20 years old.
Go ahead... think about what you were doing at 20. #Write2Earn
Yeah, that’s Malone Lam — and it looks like he’s becoming the new face of next-gen crime.
We’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars, thousands of bitcoins, luxury homes, wild parties, exotic cars... You’ve heard of Al Capone? Well, Lam is the new Al Capone, just with crypto and private jets.
He was actually arrested last year, but the U.S. government just now dropped the details. And it’s wild.
This week, they identified 12 more people tied to his crew. A few were arrested, two are reportedly hiding abroad. All in all, prosecutors in D.C. say Lam & co. stole $263 million — from unnamed victims. One of them lost 4,100 BTC. That’s not a typo.
But the spending? That’s the real movie-level stuff:
-$500K in one night at a club
-Designer bags & clothes for his girlfriends
-Private jets
-28 cars worth over $9 million
Oh, and the part that broke everyone’s brain?
Malone Lam is 20 years old.
Go ahead... think about what you were doing at 20. #Write2Earn
