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Title: MIT Brothers Arrested for Orchestrating $25 Million Ethereum Blockchain Fraud

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by A1

6 months ago


Two brothers who attended MIT with backgrounds in computer science and mathematics were taken into custody in the United States for their involvement in a sophisticated scam that aimed to compromise the Ethereum blockchain, leading to the theft of $25 million in cryptocurrency. According to a report by Reuters, federal prosecutors referred to the strategy devised by 24-year-old Anton Peraire-Bueno and 28-year-old James Peraire-Bueno as "innovative," making it the first case of such fraudulent activity resulting in criminal charges in the U.S. Prosecutors allege that the brothers executed the theft in April 2023 by gaining unauthorized access to pending transactions and manipulating the movement of cryptocurrency to steal $25 million from traders within just 12 seconds.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams expressed concern about the integrity of the blockchain due to the scheme devised by the brothers. The indictment accuses them of wire fraud, conspiring to commit wire fraud, and conspiring to commit money laundering. Anton Peraire-Bueno was arrested in Boston, while James Peraire-Bueno was apprehended in New York.

The Peraire-Bueno brothers, who attended MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, utilized their expertise in computer science and mathematics to develop and carry out their fraudulent activities. The indictment states that over several months, they conspired to interfere with transaction validation protocols on the Ethereum blockchain, a public ledger documenting cryptocurrency transactions. Prosecutors allege that the brothers exploited a vulnerability in the MEV-boost software, which is widely used by Ethereum network validators to verify transaction validity before adding them to the blockchain.

Despite demands for the return of the stolen funds, the brothers allegedly refused and took steps to launder and conceal the cryptocurrency.

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