#asset-recovery

#asset-recovery

However, the platform accidentally credited 620,000 bitcoin (~$42 billion) to the accounts of 695 users the following day - around $61 million each, if divided equally among them all. In a company announcement, Bithumb claimed it realized that it made hundreds of users incredibly wealthy within 35 minutes, and although some users were quick to sell their newfound gains, the company recovered the majority of the funds very quickly.

Acklom convinced Carolyn Woods in 2012 that he was both a Swiss investment banker and an MI6 agent, and had celebrity friends with whom he regularly spoke. In reality, the man was not an international banker, nor was he in espionage, and his fabled friendships with British celebrities such as Chris Evans were allegedly also fabricated. He also did not have a string of properties in need of renovation. He left Woods penniless.