Two brothers, Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, of Boston, and James Pepaire-Bueno, 28, of New York made a first of its kind heist on the ethereum blockchain that authorities have never seen before.

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Two brothers, Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, of Boston, and James Pepaire-Bueno, 28, of New York made a first of its kind heist on the ethereum blockchain that authorities have never seen before.

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"These brothers allegedly committed a first-of-its-kind manipulation of the Ethereum blockchain by fraudulently gaining access to pending transactions, altering the movement of the electronic currency, and ultimately stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency from their victims," Special Agent in Charge Thomas Fattorusso of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) New York Field Office said in a statement.
The alleged heist was like nothing authorities had ever seen before, a DOJ statement alleged.

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