A 23-year-old Brooklyn man, Ronald Spektor, is facing charges after prosecutors say he scammed nearly $16 million from about 100 Coinbase users. Authorities say Spektor posed as a Coinbase representative, reaching out to victims and warning them their accounts were at risk of being hacked. He then convinced them to move their money into a “secure” crypto wallet — which investigators say he controlled. Once the funds were transferred, prosecutors allege he drained the accounts and laundered the m

A massive $16M phishing scheme targeting Coinbase users has been dismantled. We cover how one social engineer allegedly used fear, and a very telling username, to drain nearly 100 accounts. #CryptoScams #Coinbase #SocialEngineering #CyberSecurity #PhishingAlert #BlockchainForensics #BrooklynNews Ronald Spektor, Coinbase phishing, crypto scams, social engineering, grand larceny, money laundering, crypto security, Brooklyn District Attorney, Paul Grewal,

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