French Court Dismisses Criminal Charges Against Platypus Finance Protocol Hacker
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A French court has just dropped criminal charges against those involved in the $8.5 million hack of DeFi protocol Platypus Finance.
As reported by Le Monde, the attackers, identified in the report as brothers Mohammed and Benamar M., were arrested a few days after the attack, which took place in February.
Mohammed was charged with several criminal charges, including accessing an automated data processing system, fraud and money laundering. He faced up to five years in prison.
During the court hearing held on October 26, Mohammed did not dispute the facts. However, he said he acted in good faith and is an “ethical hacker.” His goal allegedly was to “recover compromised funds from the Platypus platform to return them later.”
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