Triangle Crypto Investment Platform
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anchored·3c8KVE…k8kvSummary
Triangle was a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platform used as the customer-facing front in a pig butchering scheme. A single victim transferred approximately $16 million in cryptocurrency between June and August 2024 believing they were investing through Triangle. The platform is directly named in a criminal complaint unsealed September 25, 2026 by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri, which charged money laundering defendant Trung Nguyen Van in connection with the scheme.
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Timeline(8 events)
9 February 2018
Earliest date for which cryptocurrency received by wallets attributed to Trung Nguyen Van is traceable, according to prosecutors.
DOJ Western District of Missouri Press Release1 June 2024
Victim begins transferring cryptocurrency to Triangle, believing the funds are being invested. Approximate start date based on DOJ complaint.
Crypto Times9 August 2024
Six transfers totaling approximately $569,569 traced directly to wallets attributed to Trung Nguyen Van. Approximately $567,999 subsequently moved in four transactions to an unhosted private wallet.
Fincrime Central31 August 2024
Approximate end of documented victim transfer period to Triangle, with total transfers reaching approximately $16 million.
Privacy Needle17 December 2024
Latest date covered by prosecutors' analysis of wallets attributed to Van, which show approximately $53.28 million in total receipts across multiple schemes.
DOJ Western District of Missouri Press Release22 September 2026
Trung Nguyen Van enters the United States through the San Ysidro, California pedestrian border crossing.
Privacy Needle24 September 2026
Van arrested at Los Angeles International Airport before boarding a flight to Taiwan. Makes initial appearance in federal court in Los Angeles.
DOJ Western District of Missouri Press Release25 September 2026
U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Missouri unseals criminal complaint against Trung Nguyen Van charging two counts of money laundering. DOJ publicly announces the case.
The BlockDecision Log
- hash: EwCnFgqAiB1XZ53EqawifAcsTmc78qUdyj54ZWEBd9VY
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 11 of 11 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 10/3/2026, 12:19:35 PM
last updated: 10/4/2026, 1:20:54 AM
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