💰 The $1.5 Billion Scam That Funded Nuclear Weapons
☢️ This true crime documentary uncovers the biggest crypto heist in history — a $1.5 billion theft that began with a fake job interview and ended with stolen money funding a nuclear weapons program
🧠 In September 2024, a 28-year-old software developer in Seoul, South Korea, named Kim Ji-hoon, joined what appeared to be a routine remote job interview for a Silicon Valley startup. The offer looked perfect: a high salary, equity, and full remote work. But one downloaded file changed everything. That single click opened the door for the Lazarus Group — North Korea’s state-sponsored hacking unit — to infiltrate one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
💻 What followed was a perfectly executed supply-chain cyber attack. No alarms. No broken passwords. Even the CEO approved the transaction — believing everything was legitimate. Within hours, $1.5 billion in crypto vanished, split across dozens of wallets and laundered through decentralized exchanges, mixers, and cross-chain bridges.
This story explores how modern cybercrime really works — how trust became the ultimate vulnerability, and how cryptocurrency theft evolved into a global national security threat. As investigators raced to track the stolen funds, it became clear this wasn’t just a scam — it was a coordinated operation designed to fund missiles, weapons, and a nuclear program.
If you’re interested in true crime, cybercrime, hacking, cryptocurrency investigations, and real stories that expose the hidden systems behind global finance, this case shows how a digital crime reshaped the modern world forever.
Timestamps 00:00 - The Interview 01:29 - The Ghost Empire 03:23 - The Infiltration 05:00 - The Perfect Moment 07:18 - The Discovery 08:45 - The Weight 13:17 - The Hunt Begins 15:43 - The Laundering Machine 17:50 - The Crack 19:40 - The Frozen Moment 21:41 - The Aftermath
