The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has seized cryptos and luxury goods worth $260,000 from NFT phishing scammer Chase Senecal, aka Horror (HZ), according to a Feb. 4 forfeiture document.
Authorities said the seized crypto assets included two NFTs — Bored мајмун 9658 and Doodle 3114 — valued at $104,856 and $116,433, respectively. The federal agency also seized an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Watch valued at $41,000. The operation took place in Oct. 24, 2022.
How ZachXBT Research Helped the FBI
The FBI relied on an investigation by on-chain sleuth ZachXBT to track down the scammer HZ, who was allegedly responsible for numerous attacks on several NFT projects. These include Nouns ДАО, JRNY Club, to name a few.
The scammer carried out his attack with a Twitter panel he acquired from another scammer Cameron Redman.
Besides that, HZ and other scammers also targeted the Discord servers of several projects such as Anata, Lacoste, BAYC Otherside, 333 Club, among others.
ZachXBT tracked HZ after he posted an iced-out Audemars Piguet Watch on Twitter. ZachXBT’s research uncovered an address related to the scammer while revealing that he paid $47,500 for the watch.
Source: https://beincrypto.com/fbi-zachxbt-seizure-crypto-assets/