‘Ferris Bueller gone bad’: Party's over for crypto scammers who went wild after $408m bitcoin theft

The scammers — a network of young men in their late teens or early 20s — celebrated the August 2024 heist by embarking on a wild spending spree. WASHINGTON (AP) — They pulled off one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over $240 million.

They tried to hide their digital fingerprints, carrying out a sophisticated scheme to launder the…