Top interrogators from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are accused of allegedly orchestrating one of the country’s most audacious crypto thefts—embezzling over $21 million in crypto while investigating defunct exchange Cryptoland and its CEO, Sina Estavi.
The officers, part of the IRGC’s intelligence and economic crimes unit, reportedly moved tokens from the exchange’s seized assets into wallets they controlled—then sold them for personal profit under the guise of a corruption probe.
Court filings reviewed by Iran International point to Mehdi Hajipour and Mehdi Badi, two senior figures in the IRGC’s economic intelligence branch, as ringleaders.
Blockchain evidence in the report showed that wallets controlled…
Apr 06 2025
