Andean Medjedovic
Summary
Andean Medjedovic is a Canadian national and mathematics prodigy charged by U.S. federal prosecutors in February 2025 with allegedly stealing approximately $65 million from two decentralized finance protocols — Indexed Finance in October 2021 ($16.5 million) and KyberSwap in November 2023 ($48.4 million). He faces a five-count federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York covering wire fraud, unauthorized computer damage, attempted extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and money laundering. As of mid-2026, Medjedovic remains a fugitive, believed to be in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has engaged Washington D.C. lobbyists in an attempt to secure a presidential pardon from the Trump administration.
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Timeline(13 events)
2021-10-15
Indexed Finance exploited for approximately $16.5 million via a re-indexing price manipulation attack on two Ethereum liquidity pools, later attributed to Medjedovic.
DOJ EDNY Press Release2021-10-16
Indexed Finance publicly identifies Andean Medjedovic as the alleged attacker through a trail of online usernames and forum activity.
DL News2021-11-01
Ontario Superior Court issues an asset freeze order covering tokens stolen in the Indexed Finance exploit; Medjedovic fails to appear and a bench warrant is issued.
Canadian Lawyer Magazine2023-11-23
KyberSwap Elastic AMM is exploited for approximately $48.4 million across Arbitrum, Optimism, Ethereum, Polygon, and Base via a tick-precision liquidity double-counting vulnerability.
KyberSwap Post-Mortem Blog2023-11-25
Alleged attacker demands complete control of the KyberSwap protocol and its DAO in exchange for returning 50% of stolen assets — later charged as attempted Hobbs Act extortion.
DOJ Press Release2023-12-11
Dutch authorities issue a European arrest warrant for Medjedovic in connection with the KyberSwap exploit.
CBC News2024-08-01
Medjedovic is arrested in Belgrade, Serbia, pursuant to the Dutch European arrest warrant.
Balkan Insight2024-11-14
The Higher Court in Belgrade releases Medjedovic after approximately 105 days of detention, ruling Dutch evidence insufficient and Serbian penalties too low to justify extradition.
CBC News2025-01-17
U.S. Department of Justice filing states the defendant is 'believed to be at large in Bosnia.'
Balkan Insight2025-02-03
U.S. DOJ unseals a five-count federal indictment against Medjedovic in the Eastern District of New York covering both the Indexed Finance and KyberSwap exploits, plus attempted extortion and money laundering.
DOJ Office of Public Affairs2026-01-30
Balkan Insight reports that Medjedovic has surfaced in Bosnia and Herzegovina after evading European law enforcement following his Serbian release.
Balkan Insight2026-02-01
Medjedovic retains Washington D.C. lobbying firm JM Burkman & Associates, reportedly paying a $300,000 retainer, to seek a presidential pardon from President Trump.
CBC News2026-03-24
Balkan Insight publishes investigation confirming Medjedovic's pardon lobbying campaign, with lobbyist Jacob Wohl defending his conduct as 'standard permissible trades for profit.'
Balkan InsightDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 6/27/2026, 12:09:26 PM
last updated: 6/27/2026, 12:09:36 PM
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