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South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin

  • Lawyers hired by investors piece together funds’ disappearance
  • Africrypt loss would rank among biggest-ever crypto heists
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A pair of South African brothers have vanished, along with Bitcoin worth $3.6 billion from their cryptocurrency investment platform.

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