stake_lazarus_group_lawsuit.pdf (504 KB)

U.S. prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint for Bitcoin and BTC.b held at Cryptocurrency Bridge-1 and tied the funds to alleged computer-fraud, wire-fraud, and money-laundering offenses. The filing says the FBI was investigating virtual-currency heists by North Korean military hacking groups known as Lazarus Group and APT38, including thefts from a Japan-based exchange, a foreign company, a U.S.-based company, and a September 2023 hack of COMPANY-4. The defendant funds are described as traceable to the September 2023 theft and were in FBI custody pending transfer to the U.S. Marshals Service. For DPRK tracking, the document is evidence of U.S. forfeiture action against crypto assets attributed to Lazarus/APT38 activity rather than a technical malware report.