The Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the 497.82 bitcoin to be distributed among nine claimants in proportion to the amounts they deposited. (AFP pic)KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has ordered the government to return 497.82 bitcoin, valued at US$17.6 million based on 2023 valuations, to nine people who were cheated in an investment scheme promising daily returns of 1%.
The bitcoin was seized from two cryptocurrency wallets linked to Fadino Khairuman and Asyran Ismail.
Justice Arief Emran Arifin allowed the claims by the nine individuals, who deposited a total of 362.04 bitcoin into a wallet belonging to Bitkingdom between 2015 and 2016 after being misled by Fadino.
The bitcoin was subsequently transferred from the Bitkingdom wallet to wallets belonging to Fadino and Asyran.
