Bitcoin Bribes: Spies from China offered rewards in Bitcoin (BTC) to gain access to investigations by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ). The DoJ has been digging around Huawei Technologies, a Chinese multinational corporation based in Shenzhen, China.
Guochun He and Zheng Wang are accused by the DoJ of trying to coerce a US government official into handing over documents. The papers were related to an investigation into the Chinese technology and telecommunications giant. Later, the Wall Street Journal confirmed that the case concerned Huawei.
Both spies reportedly approached an FBI agent in 2019, offering a reward of more than $60,000 for the requested documents. To avoid suspicion, payment would be made in Bitcoin.
Now, the Chinese spies will face charges for attempting to obstruct a criminal process and conspiring to act as an illegal agent for a foreign country.
Bitcoin bribes: Crypto used as a reward
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