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Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves

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    Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves

    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…

  • The Daily Hodl

    Scammer Loses $4,800,000 in Bitcoin as Thieves Drain Ledger Wallets Holding ‘Task Scam’ Proceeds

    Thieves are draining nearly $5 million in Bitcoin (BTC) from a crypto scammer who profited from deceiving victims through a task scam. Chainalysis says one of the biggest victims in the Ledger thefts was the scammer themselves. “One of the biggest victims of the Ledger theft was a scammer themselves. They lost more than 60BTC, about $4.8M. The funds were…