Some of the funds stolen from FTX were frozen

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the FTX cryptocurrency exchange due to the theft of especially large amounts exceeding the $400,000,000 mark. The information appeared in Bloomberg, which refers to sources close to the Ministry of Justice and worthy of being called reliable.

According to sources, the law enforcement investigation is proceeding successfully. They have already been able to find some of the stolen money and freeze the funds. So far, the amount has not been specified, but based on the statements of the sources, it is quite insignificant when compared with the scale that was stolen from FTX.

The investigation is being conducted by a special unit of the Ministry of Justice, which is focused on cases related to the cryptocurrency industry.

After the American cryptocurrency exchange filed for financial insolvency, FTX was hacked in mid-November. Thus, a lot of money went from there, which went to one wallet. This prompted users to start discussions about who stole the funds.

Most of them agree with the hypothesis that the so-called hack is nothing more than an industry of the top management of the American stock exchange, which is aimed at taking advantage of the current situation. This is evidenced by the lack of elimination of traces in the blockchain.

John Ray III, who became the new CEO of FTX, said that unauthorized access to the exchange's funds was received just on the day of filing for bankruptcy. He is sure of the obvious - this combination of circumstances is not just a coincidence. However, the identity of the attack has not yet been identified.

After the funds were withdrawn, it became known about the subsequent exchange of 50,000 Ethereum for tokenized BTC on the Ren Protocol site. Thus, the attacker wanted to confuse the tracks, and then, to heighten the effect, he used various cross-bridges. The money was laundered through Uniswap, Curve and 1inch cryptocurrency exchanges.