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 <li>Norwegian authorities seizes $5.9M from Crypto Games.</li>
 <li>FBI commented that proceedings of theft were used to support creation of weapons of mass distruction.</li>
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<h2 id="header-0">Though crimes related to digital assets cannot be traced easily, Norwegian authorities have worked wonders in figuring out one such case.</h2>
It was last year in March that hackers with a link in <a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/crackdown-on-north-korean-hackers-binance-and-huboi-freezes-14-hundred-thousand-in-crypto" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">North Korea</a> stole approximately $600 Million from Axie Infinity. The proceeds of the theft were redirected through privacy mixer Tornado Cash, which was afterwards authorised<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/08/08/crypto-mixing-service-tornado-cash-blacklisted-by-us-treasury/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> </a>by the US Treasury department.
After a thorough investigation and research, authorities in Norway seized 60 million krone ($5.9 million) stolen from crypto game Axie Infinity. The economic crime unit reported this as the biggest crypto seizure by Norwegian police.
First State Attorney Marianne Bender said in a statement- "This case shows that we have a great capacity to follow the money on the blockchain, even if the criminals use advanced methods,"
It is being alleged that Crypto, worth as much as $1 Billion, was stolen last year. Teams by the names Lazarus, Andariel and Kimsuky are supposedly behind this <a href="https://www.coingabbar.com/en/crypto-currency-news/crypto-hacks-rise-crypto-theft-not-crime-anymore" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">theft</a>. These teams are controlled by the Reconnaissance General Bureau, North Korea.
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Biggest crypto seizure made by Norwegian police, Seizes $5.9M From Crypto Game!

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