A 22-year-old man built his fortune by breaking into strangers’ digital wallets, then spent it on nightclub tabs, private jets, and a fleet of cars worth millions.

Malone Lam, a Singapore citizen, pleaded guilty this week in a Washington D.C. federal court to running a racketeering conspiracy that stole and laundered more than $245 million in cryptocurrency.

Lam, who used the aliases “Anne Hathaway,” “$$$,” and “King Greavy,” is belived to have organized the operation, picked out targets, and directed the roles of the other people involved.

According to court documents, the operation began no later than October 2023 and continued through May 2025. It grew out of connections made on online gaming platforms and…