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He also goes by the pseudonym Lick.
Okay.
And somebody caught Lick, John, flexing crypto wallets on a Telegram chat.
So there's a back and forth between John and this other guy.
And they were talking about their crypto stash.
And this was all recorded.
And unfortunately for John, some of the addresses that he leaked during this chat, ZachXBT sleuthed it out and connected it to government custodial wallets and a $40 million theft, quite possibly.
Now, this is all alleged.
So this is like ongoing.
U.S.
government, U.S.
marshals are looking into it.
But it looks like this kid somehow got his hands on his dad's company's private keys that were actually like... How old do you think this kid is?
I don't know.
Early 20s?
I think he could be under 20.
He's also launched a meme coin, by the way.
So he's been in crypto for a while.
There was the Solana meme coin Lick that was launched on Pumped Up Fun.
It's all connected to this guy's wallet.