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Crypto Scammers Steal $243,709,068.03 from Literally One Guy
If you’re the type to consider cryptocurrency a scam in and of itself, then this story will be a Russian nesting doll of scams within scams. A recent investigation has uncovered a crypto heist of $243 million worth of digital currency from one guy. On August 19, a creditor to the now-defunct trading firm called Genesis fell victim to a complex social engineering attack orchestrated by a few cybercriminals posing as Google support technicians. Two people have since been arrested, one in Miami and one in Los Angeles. A prolific crypto sleuth known as ZachXBT identified the scammers in a thread on X as Malone Iam, ... (full story)
