Iranian officials stole $21 million in cryptocurrency under the guise of anti-corruption investigation

Odaily Planet Daily News Senior interrogators of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been accused of masterminding one of the country's most audacious cryptocurrency thefts - they embezzled more than $21 million worth of cryptocurrency during an investigation into the defunct exchange Cryptoland and its CEO Sina Estavi. These officials, who belong to the Revolutionary Guard's Intelligence and Economic Crimes Department, reportedly transferred tokens from the exchange's seized assets to wallets under their control, and then sold them for personal gain under the guise of anti-corruption investigations. Court documents reviewed by Iran International show that two senior officials from the Revolutionary Guard's Economic Intelligence Department, Mehdi Hajipour and Mehdi Badi, were the masterminds of the theft. Blockchain evidence in the report shows that wallets controlled by Hajipour alone processed more than $21 million worth of BRG tokens, the platform's native token. (decrypt)