2 years ago
The pseudonymous treasurer of Wonderland and co-founder of crypto speech QuadrigaCX, known arsenic Sifu, started laundering his funds done coin mixer Tornado Cash, according to on-chain data.
The code sifu.eth had sent astir 1,000 ether ($2.77 million) to Tornado Cash since astir 7 a.m. UTC connected Tuesday. The code has been linked to the Wonderland treasurer, an alleged serial scammer whose grounds includes a condemnation and deportation.
"It is intolerable to find with certainty whether the scammer is successful power of the address, but fixed the peculiar case, it is likely," main exertion serviceman of crypto wallet ZenGo, Tal Be'ery, told CoinDesk.
Last week, Wonderland's treasurer was besides revealed to beryllium the co-founder of failed Canadian speech QuadrigaCX, named Michael Patryn.
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Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining newsman based successful Asia.
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