# Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Type: Person Source: GetYourBrief — https://getyourbrief.com/entity/colleen-kollar-kotelly Canonical HTML page: https://getyourbrief.com/entity/colleen-kollar-kotelly ## Timeline - **2026-09-08**: Guilty plea entered — Malone Lam pleads guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge before U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly; sentencing not immediately scheduled. - **2026-09-08**: Lam pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy — Malone Lam pleaded guilty before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, becoming the 11th of 18 defendants to do so. Sentencing was not immediately scheduled; he faces a maximum of 20 years. - **2026-09-08**: Lam pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy — Malone Lam pleaded guilty before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, becoming the 11th of 18 defendants to do so. Sentencing was not immediately scheduled; he faces a maximum of 20 years. - **2026-09-08**: Lam pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy — Malone Lam pleaded guilty before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, becoming the 11th of 18 defendants to do so. Sentencing was not immediately scheduled; he faces a maximum of 20 years. - **2026-09-08**: Lam pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy — Malone Lam pleaded guilty before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, becoming the 11th of 18 defendants to do so. Sentencing was not immediately scheduled; he faces a maximum of 20 years. - **2024-09**: FBI arrests Lam in Miami — After a month-long spending spree on cars, mansions, watches, and nightclubs, FBI agents arrested Lam in Miami. An off-duty officer had tipped him off that authorities were coming. - **2024-09**: FBI arrests Lam in Miami — After a month-long spending spree on cars, mansions, watches, and nightclubs, FBI agents arrested Lam in Miami. An off-duty officer had tipped him off that authorities were coming. - **2024-09**: FBI arrests Lam in Miami — After a month-long spending spree on cars, mansions, watches, and nightclubs, FBI agents arrested Lam in Miami. An off-duty officer had tipped him off that authorities were coming. - **2024-09**: FBI arrests Lam in Miami — After a month-long spending spree on cars, mansions, watches, and nightclubs, FBI agents arrested Lam in Miami. An off-duty officer had tipped him off that authorities were coming. - **2024-08**: Bitcoin theft executed — Lam and co-conspirators use social engineering to dupe a Washington, D.C., resident out of Bitcoin worth over $245 million. - **2024-08**: Victim duped out of 4,100 bitcoin — Co-conspirators posed as Google and Gemini representatives to trick a Washington, DC man into granting Google Drive access and revealing security codes, allowing Lam to siphon off more than 4,100 bitcoin worth over $245 million. - **2024-08**: Victim duped out of 4,100 bitcoin — Co-conspirators posed as Google and Gemini representatives to trick a Washington, DC man into granting Google Drive access and revealing security codes, allowing Lam to siphon off more than 4,100 bitcoin worth over $245 million. - **2024-08**: Victim duped out of 4,100 bitcoin — Co-conspirators posed as Google and Gemini representatives to trick a Washington, DC man into granting Google Drive access and revealing security codes, allowing Lam to siphon off more than 4,100 bitcoin worth over $245 million. - **2024-08**: Victim duped out of 4,100 bitcoin — Co-conspirators posed as Google and Gemini representatives to trick a Washington, DC man into granting Google Drive access and revealing security codes, allowing Lam to siphon off more than 4,100 bitcoin worth over $245 million. - **2023**: Crypto scam network begins operating — Prosecutors say Lam and a network of young men carried out a string of crypto scams starting in 2023. ## Recent coverage (7 stories, network-wide) ### 11th Guilty Plea in $245M Bitcoin Heist: Lam Faces 20 Years 2026-09-11 00:49:07 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 The DOJ's racketeering case against 18 defendants in a $245 million bitcoin theft now has 11 guilty pleas, with organizer Malone Lam entering a plea that carries up to 20 years. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/malone-lam-guilty-plea-racketeering-245m-bitcoin-legal ### $245M Bitcoin Heist: $569K Club Night, 4,100 BTC Laundered 2026-09-11 00:48:56 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 Financial crime analysts can follow how more than $245 million in stolen bitcoin was quickly converted into a $2 million watch, 30-plus cars, Miami mansions, and a single $569,000 nightclub bill. Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/245m-bitcoin-heist-569k-club-night-4100-btc-finance ### Fake Google, Gemini Staff Tricked Victim in $245M BTC Heist 2026-09-11 00:48:45 · Sector: cyber · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 Security teams can dissect a high-impact social engineering attack where impersonators of Google and Gemini extracted Google Drive access and security codes to steal 4,100 bitcoin. Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/social-engineering-google-gemini-245m-bitcoin-heist-cyber ### 4,100 BTC Stolen in $245M US Heist: 11th Guilty Plea 2026-09-11 00:48:32 · Sector: crypto · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 Crypto users should study the largest US bitcoin theft targeting an individual holder, in which attackers impersonated Google and Gemini to drain 4,100 BTC. Full story: https://getcryptobrief.com/story/4100-btc-245m-bitcoin-heist-11th-guilty-plea-crypto ### Malone Lam Guilty Plea in $240M BTC Theft Tests U.S. Racketeering Law 2026-09-08 19:36:23 · Sector: legal · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 For litigators and compliance counsel, Lam's federal racketeering conspiracy plea in a $245 million crypto theft offers a case study in how U.S. prosecutors are applying organized crime statutes to cyber-enabled fraud. Sentencing before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly remains unscheduled but could set benchmarks for loss amounts and role adjustments. Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/malone-lam-guilty-plea-240m-bitcoin-racketeering ### Social Engineering Led $245M Bitcoin Theft; Guilty Plea Shows Human Risk 2026-09-08 19:36:14 · Sector: cyber · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 Cybersecurity teams get a high-loss case study in how social engineering, not technical exploitation, enabled a network of young attackers to steal $245 million in Bitcoin from a D.C. resident. The guilty plea underscores the need for identity verification and transaction confirmation controls. Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/social-engineering-245m-bitcoin-theft-guilty-plea ### Crypto Theft: $240M Bitcoin Lost via Social Engineering Ends in Guilty Plea 2026-09-08 19:36:02 · Sector: crypto · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2 For Bitcoin holders and Web3 builders, the $245 million theft from a D.C. resident — one of the largest U.S. crypto thefts — shows that self-custody requires human-layer defenses against social engineering, not just private key security. The guilty plea brings accountability but highlights irreversible on-chain losses. Full story: https://getcryptobrief.com/story/crypto-theft-240m-bitcoin-social-engineering-guilty-plea --- This page is a machine-readable summary. Sentiment measures the directional read of each development for this entity, not the tone of the reporting; impact weights consequence, not syndication reach. See https://getyourbrief.com/guides/methodology for the full editorial methodology.