Kerajaan diperintah kembalikan 497.82 bitcoin kepada 9 mangsa penipuan

Malaysia's High Court has ordered the government to return 497.82 bitcoins, valued at $17.6 million as of 2023, to nine individuals who were duped in a fraudulent investment scheme promising a daily return of 1%. The stolen bitcoins were taken from two crypto wallets linked to Fadino Khairuman and Asyran Ismail. Judge Arief Emran Arifin approved the claim from nine individuals who had deposited a total of 362.04 bitcoins into Bitkingdom between 2015 and 2016 after being persuaded by Fadino.

The bitcoins were subsequently moved from Bitkingdom's wallet to Fadino and Asyran's wallet. Arief discovered that nine individuals successfully proved they were tricked by both men, making false representations about the promised daily returns. He stated that the accused did not borrow their bitcoins from the respondents nor did they seek any debts.

They claimed that the bitcoins were obtained through fraud, and the bitcoins, or whatever replaced them, still belong to them. Each claiming party had proven, based on probability evidence, that they deposited the claimed amount of bitcoins into Bitkingdom and had a valid legal interest in the stolen property. The court ordered the government to seize 497.82 bitcoins and distribute them among the nine individuals, with each receiving between 0.68% and 11.7% of the total, depending on the individual's deposit amount.

The respondents are Afkar Lotfi Adam, Alfiyanora Nursal, Faridah Rawi, Khairullutfi Nursal, Alif Bassari, Nazlulfarid Ramlan, Nurafiqah Che Azmi, Siti Farhana Mohamed, and Khizanif Khizan.