$BTC : Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves
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Bitcoin Magazine Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves Call it poetic justice: one of the biggest victims of last week’s Ledger theft happened to be a scammer themself, according to blockchain analysts, and lost nearly $5 million in bitcoin.
In a post Thursday, Chainalysis wrote that a crook lost 60 bitcoins worth about $4.8 million they’d stolen via a so-called task scam. According to Chainalysis, the address was linked with a con where people were paid to fake sales and reviews of real items.
#Bitcoin #CryptoSecurity
Source - Bitcoin Magazine
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Bitcoin Magazine Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves Call it poetic justice: one of the biggest victims of last week’s Ledger theft happened to be a scammer themself, according to blockchain analysts, and lost nearly $5 million in bitcoin.
In a post Thursday, Chainalysis wrote that a crook lost 60 bitcoins worth about $4.8 million they’d stolen via a so-called task scam. According to Chainalysis, the address was linked with a con where people were paid to fake sales and reviews of real items.
#Bitcoin #CryptoSecurity
Source - Bitcoin Magazine