A fake version of Ledger Live distributed via Apple’s App Store has been linked to at least $9.5 million in crypto theft, with victims now coming forward describing devastating losses, including entire retirement funds wiped out “in an instant.”

One victim, posting on X under the handle @glove, said he lost 5.9 BTC – his entire savings accumulated over a decade – after downloading what he believed was the official Ledger app while setting up a new computer.

“I lost my retirement fund in a hack/scam… All my BTC gone in an instant,” he wrote.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT later traced the stolen 5.92 BTC, showing it was rapidly funneled through a series of transactions into KuCoin deposit addresses, consistent with a…