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Malone Lam

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Summary

Malone Lam Yu Xuan (born July 19, 2004), a Singaporean national residing in Miami and Los Angeles, is the alleged ringleader of a crypto theft and money laundering enterprise responsible for stealing over $263 million across multiple victims between 2023 and 2025. He was arrested by the FBI on September 18, 2024, and faces RICO conspiracy charges in what prosecutors describe as the first Bitcoin-related RICO prosecution in U.S. history. As of early 2026, he remains in pretrial detention while negotiating a plea deal.

Connected Entities

10 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Ethereum64□Veer Chetal□Evan Tangeman□Binance□ZachXBT□Monero□Malone Lam
Exchanges
△Gemini Exchange
Tokens
♦Bitcoin♦Litecoin
Relationships
  • Ethereum→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→ZachXBT(65%)
  • Litecoin→mentioned with→Bitcoin(70%)
  • ZachXBT→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
  • Litecoin→mentioned with→Monero(65%)
  • ZachXBT→mentioned with→Malone Lam(80%)
  • Litecoin→mentioned with→ZachXBT(70%)
  • ZachXBT→mentioned with→Bitcoin(65%)
  • + 24 more
Also appears in
Ethereum·64Lendf.me·30Levyathan·18Jump Trading·42StableMagnet·2Shibarium·28Bankr·18Nexera·32Sky (MakerDAO)·51BearnFi·12+ 50 more

Connected Through

10 shared actors · 573 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(11 events)

October 2023

Criminal enterprise allegedly begins operating, targeting cryptocurrency holders using hacked databases and social engineering.

23 June 2024

Mark Cuban's wallet markcuban.eth is allegedly targeted in a social engineering attack linked by ZachXBT to the same device indicators later found in the $243M theft.

July 2024

Second victim in New Mexico targeted in an armed home invasion burglary of a hardware cryptocurrency wallet.

18 August 2024

Malone Lam and co-conspirators steal 4,100+ Bitcoin (approx. $230–243M) from a Genesis creditor in Washington, D.C., via social engineering impersonating Google and Gemini support.

18 September 2024

Malone Lam arrested by FBI in Miami after discarding phone in Biscayne Bay; Jeandiel Serrano arrested in Los Angeles the same day.

19 September 2024

Initial federal indictment unsealed against Lam and Serrano, charging conspiracy to steal and launder cryptocurrency.

March 2025

Veer Chetal arrested; separately, Chetal's parents are targeted in a violent kidnapping attempt in Danbury, Connecticut, connected to the stolen funds.

May 2025

Superseding indictment unsealed against 12 additional defendants (17 total) expanding the RICO conspiracy charges and adding new theft incidents. Total alleged stolen value revised to over $263 million.

December 2025

Danish Zulfiqar, identified by ZachXBT as a British co-conspirator, reportedly arrested in Dubai.

17 December 2025

Status hearing in D.C. federal court; Lam's attorney reports ongoing plea negotiations with the U.S. government.

27 April 2026

Co-defendant Evan Tangeman, 22, sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for money laundering tied to the $263M RICO enterprise.

Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chainsrc:etherscansrc:zachxbt

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events).

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model: claude-sonnet

generated: 5/4/2026, 4:04:59 PM

last updated: 8/29/2026, 1:35:59 AM

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