Marlon Ferro (GothFerrari)

2023-10-01

The Social Engineering Enterprise (SEE) begins operations, recruiting members through online gaming platforms including Minecraft and Discord.

2024-02-01

Ferro travels to Winnsboro, Texas and burglarizes a victim's home, stealing a hardware wallet containing approximately 100 Bitcoin (valued at over $5 million at the time).

2024-07-01

Ferro travels to New Mexico, surveils a victim's home for several days, then breaks in and burglarizes the property while ringleader Malone Lam remotely tracks the victim's location. Ferro is captured on home surveillance footage.

2024-08-18

The enterprise's largest single theft: ringleader Malone Lam and co-conspirator Jeandiel Serrano execute a social engineering attack on a Genesis bankruptcy creditor in Washington, D.C., stealing over 4,100 Bitcoin (approximately $230 million at the time).

2024-09-18

On-chain investigator ZachXBT publicly identifies Malone Lam and Jeandiel Serrano. Lam and Serrano are arrested. A federal indictment is unsealed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

2025-05-01

A superseding indictment charges 12 additional defendants, including Marlon Ferro, in connection with the RICO conspiracy. A second set of indictments brings the total number of charged defendants to 14.

2025-05-13

Marlon Ferro is arrested. He is found in possession of two firearms and a fraudulent identification document.

2025-10-17

Ferro pleads guilty to one count of conspiracy to participate in a racketeer influenced and corrupt organization (RICO).

2026-05-06

Ferro is sentenced by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to 78 months in federal prison, 3 years of supervised release, and $2.5 million in restitution.