BlackCat extortion software conspirators confiscated approximately $8.37 million of encrypted assets and real estate vehicles

On 20 July, according to the United States Department of Justice ' s declaration of asset confiscation, the Federal Court for the Southern District of Florida had ordered the confiscation of approximately 90.319 BTC, 7999.873 XMRs and a small number XRP, XLM and SOLs held by Angelo Martino, a conspirator of BlackCat/ALPHV extortion software. On a rough basis, the total value of encrypted assets is approximately $8.37 million, of which the BTC value is approximately $5.84 million, the XMR value is approximately $2.46 million, and other currencies total approximately $71,000. At the same time, the court ordered the confiscation of two of its Florida properties and of its assets such as cars, boats, etc. Martino, a former negotiator of extortion software, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for having leaked information about his client ' s negotiations to the attackers and for having participated in extortion attacks。