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Chicago-area man charged in $400 million FTX crypto hack released on bond

A Chicago-area man charged in the $400 million hack of the failed crypto currency exchange FTX was released to home confinement Friday with orders to avoid non-essential internet use and any online gambling. Robert Powell, 26, of Highland Park, was charged in a federal indictment unsealed this week in Washington D.C. with participating in a sophisticated “SIM swap” scheme that allegedly siphoned $400 million in virtual currency from a single company and millions more from other individual victims. While the indictment, which was first reported by the Tribune on Tuesday, referred to the company…