A scammer lost over 60 BTC, worth approximately $4.8 million, in the Ledger theft incident.

BlockBeats news, October 16, according to Chainalysis disclosure, in the theft incident involving crypto hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger, one of the largest victims was itself a scammer, losing over 60 BTC, worth approximately $4.8 million, with the funds originating from a task scam.

In this scam, participants were paid to be hired to fake sales and reviews for real goods. Subsequently, a "negative balance" appeared, and participants were told they had to put in their own funds to get paid.

On September 22, the operators behind the scam transferred the proceeds to three separate Ledger addresses. On October 9, the attackers emptied all three addresses, each transferring funds via a single transaction to the same wallet. The receiving wallet has been reported as involving stolen funds.