Australian Cops Gain Entry to $6M Crypto Stash
Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett revealed that the agency successfully accessed a cryptocurrency wallet valued at $6 million ($9M AUD), belonging to an alleged organized crime member. During a National Press Club address, Barrett detailed that the agency was close to losing the funds, stating that if they couldn’t open the wallet, the accused “would leave prison a multimillionaire,” an outcome the AFP deemed “unacceptable.”
The breakthrough was achieved thanks to human intuition rather than computational power. A data scientist from the Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) detected a pattern that computer overlooked. The analyst experienced a “scientific epiphany” upon noticing that…
