According to the last minute information, with the start of bankruptcy payments of the crypto money company Voyager, customers encountered fraud during the payments and their customer information was intended to be stolen by hackers.
Voyager's lawyers reported that they shared the potential hack with security forces.
One of the Voyager customers confirmed the hacking claim and said he received a phishing email from scammers:
“I can confirm that I received a phishing email with all the information Voyager has. It even wrote down the (almost) exact amount and claim amount I had on Voyager at the time of bankruptcy. I don't think a phisher can have this information without a hack.”
Voyager had reopened its platform for 30 days to allow customers to get back their remaining assets, after months of court-supervised fundraising efforts to repay customers and other creditors.
Attorney Darren Azman told the judge overseeing the Chapter 11 case in Manhattan during that time that clients were able to withdraw about $490 million worth of assets, or about 80% of what was available.
According to Azman, customers have been the target of various scams designed to gain access to their digital wallets.
Scammers often set up a fake website claiming that Voyager customers can increase their payments by linking their non-Voyager crypto wallet to a new account. Azman said non-Voyager wallets were emptied after the new account was created.
He added that very few customers have fallen for the scam, but that there have been some victims.
“This is embarrassing,” said US Bankruptcy Judge Michael Wiles during the telephone hearing.
*Not investment advice.