Iranian official suspected of embezzling over $21 million in crypto assets during investigation of cryptocurrency exchanges

senior investigators from the Intelligence and Economic Crimes Department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran have been accused of embezzling over $21 million in crypto assets during an investigation of the cryptocurrency exchange Cryptoland. According to court documents reviewed by Iran International Television, two senior officials from the IRGC Economic Intelligence Department, Mehdi Hajipour and Mehdi Badi, were the main planners of the scheme. Blockchain evidence shows that wallets controlled by Hajipour alone handled tokens worth over $21 million.