In 2020 more than 2,000 people bought Vanuatu passports. The passports usually cost over $100,000 each. And give the brothers visa-free access to several countries, including the UK and European nations within the Schengen Area.
In the meantime, the brothers were living a lavish lifestyle. After the hack, millions were spent. They bought designer watches, silk suits, first-class tickets, and lavish holidays.
They bought a Lamborghini Huracan, one of the most expensive cars in the world. And paid a year’s rent in advance on a luxurious Zimbali Estate, north of Durban, South Africa.
They sold the Lamborghini before they left the country. And weeks later they were booking first-class Emirates trips to Dubai and the Maldives costing over $40,000 each and not including the costs of accommodations.
It may be more than a coincidence that the company Pennython who was smoothing things over with some of the investor losses was Dubai-based.
Where did the Crypto go?
The investigation found that in November 2020, there were a string of strange transfers from their Bitcoin wallets using “dark web” technologies.
