Ethereum node operator testifies in $53M crypto theft case
- —Brodeur ran an Ethereum node in New York from 2021 to 2023 and confirmed it in about 10 minutes of testimony
- —Investigators traced him via the IP of an account checking node rewards on Etherscan and Verizon records
- —The US Justice Department put Uranium Finance losses at $53.3 million
- —Spalletta was convicted of computer fraud and money laundering on October 7
Why it matters: A precedent: prosecutors are proving jurisdiction through on-chain and IP data from node operators, expanding the toolkit for crypto theft investigations.
Source: TokenPost