The U.S. Department of Justice arrested the Chinese head of a cyber fraud botnet, with digital assets involved exceeding $130 million

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelgraph, the U.S. Department of Justice arrested Yune Wang, a Chinese botnet leader who planned a $130 million cyber fraud.

According to the indictment on May 29, the suspect is suspected of "creating and spreading malware to invade and aggregate millions of home Windows computer networks around the world." An independent analysis by blockchain analysis company Chainlysis showed that the wallet addresses associated with the suspects held a total of more than $130 million in digital assets earned through illegal commissions.