The hacker, who stole around $20 million from a U.S. government crypto wallet, returned most of the funds. According to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, the hacker transferred back approximately 2,408 ETH and $13.19 million aUSDC, totaling $19 million.
The hack affected assets such as USDC, USDT, aUSDC, and Ethereum, seized during the investigation into the 2016 Bitfinex hack. The hacker transferred the funds from address 0xc9E6 to their wallet 0x3486 and partially converted them to ETH.
Some assets passed through platforms like Aave, with suspicious transactions tied to money laundering. Returning 88% of the stolen amount, the hacker left about $700,000, which was likely transferred to exchanges like Switchain or HitBTC.
