Canadian hacker Andean Medjedovic went missing after being arrested in Serbia, suspected of stealing $65 million

DeepFlowTech · 2026-01-30T13:49:29+00:00

Canadian hacker Andean Medjedovic was arrested for allegedly stealing $65 million in cryptocurrency, but he went missing again after being detained for 105 days in Serbia. He had used a fake passport to carry out hacking attacks and was accused of money laundering.

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2026-01-30 13:49:29

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Deep Tide TechFlow News, on January 30th, according to CBC News, the Canadian hacker Andean Medjedovic, who is suspected of stealing approximately $65 million worth of cryptocurrency from Indexed Finance and KyberSwap, has gone missing again after being arrested in Serbia.

Court documents show that Medjedovic has been active in multiple countries including Brazil, Dubai, Spain, and the Netherlands since fleeing Canada in 2021. In December 2023, he was charged with conducting a “complex hacking attack” against Vietnamese exchange KyberSwap from a hotel in the Netherlands using a false passport, resulting in a profit of $48 million. In August 2024, he was arrested in Belgrade but was released after 105 days in custody. U.S. Department of Justice documents indicate he may have fled to Bosnia. The U.S. Department of Justice accuses Medjedovic of money laundering through the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash and collaborating with an accomplice to transfer stolen funds.

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