The fraudster managed to scam about 100 people across the United States, convincing them of transferring funds to him, claiming their accounts had been hacked. Ronald Spektor, 23, was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $16 million from almost 100 Coinbase users through a phishing and social engineering scheme. Spektor persuaded victims to transfer cryptocurrency to accounts he controlled, then laundered the assets through exchanges, other cryptocurren…
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