The flexible Discord wallet allegedly revealed communications between Dritan Kapllani Jr. And a massive social engineering theft of 185 BTC.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has linked alleged threat actor Dritan Kapllani Jr. The US resident has more than $19 million worth of cryptocurrency thefts carried out through social engineering attacks targeting cryptocurrency holders.
In a series of posts on X, ZachXBT alleged that Dritan repeatedly displayed luxury cars, designer watches, private jets, and nightlife activities via social media while interacting with other threat actors online.
Cryptocurrency laundering network exposed
According to the investigator, Dritan was recently registered During a Discord “band 4 band” (B4B) call on April 23, 2026, he displayed an Exodus wallet allegedly containing $3.68 million in cryptocurrency in an attempt to prove that he had more money than anyone else on the call.
ZachXBT identified the Ethereum wallet address that appeared during the exchange and linked it to a major Bitcoin theft that occurred on March 14, 2026. The investigator claimed that the address traced back to the theft of 185 Bitcoin, worth approximately $13 million at the time, from a victim targeted through social engineering tactics.
According to the findings, Dritan’s wallet allegedly received approximately $5.3 million from the theft on March 15. ZachXBT reported that by the time the Discord call was made, six weeks later, approximately $1.6 million had already been spent or laundered. The allegations emerged one day after US authorities unveiled a criminal complaint against Trenton Johnson for his alleged role in the theft of 185 bitcoins.
ZachXBT claimed that Dritan was identified in the complaint as “Conspirator 1,” though he has not been formally charged. The investigator also noted that meme influencer “yelotree” Coin has been charged with helping launder stolen money through a Miami-based car rental company, and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.
Link to the investigation “Lick”.
ZachXBT also linked Dritan to a previous investigation conducted in January 2026 involving John Daghita, also known as “Lick,” who was accused By stealing $46 million from the US government. According to the lead investigator on the chain, one of Dritan’s previously used wallet addresses was revealed in a deleted Telegram post shared by Daghita. ZachXBT claimed that the wallet was linked to at least five additional social engineering thefts in 2025 that stole more than $5.85 million.
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The investigator said he delayed making his findings public until charges related to the theft of 185 bitcoins became public, and added that Dritan avoided prosecution in part because he was a minor until he recently turned 18.
