Ben Yorke of crypto platform WOO said he bought the device, a Ledger Flex, from a Metapod store at Changi in June, Gizmodo reported.

He never plugged it in and, after noticing scratches on the casing, sent it to Karpelès. Ledger has not confirmed the finding.

Paris-based Ledger has asked resellers in seven Asian markets to pull its crypto hardware wallets from shelves after spy implants were found inside devices sold in the region, Bleeping Computer reported.

The Oct. 13 request, which also covers distributors, applies in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong while the company investigates.

Ledger said “the only confirmed incidents remain contained to Southeast Asia,” that it had not…