🚨The Greatest Crypto Heist of 2025: Teenagers, Yachts, and Minecraft
A crypto investor in the U.S. lost $243 million after scammers posed as Google and crypto exchange employees. They tricked the victim into revealing personal data, accessed wallets, and stole the funds.
It later emerged that part of the group were teenagers, spending the stolen money on yachts, supercars, and wild parties. The funds were laundered through… Minecraft, using in-game servers as a shadow financial network.
The plot thickened when one of the culprits turned out to be a banker’s son, who was later kidnapped for ransom. An anonymous crypto detective exposed the group, leading to arrests across the U.S. and Singapore. A portion of the funds was recovered.
This case is a loud wake-up call: social engineering, weak cybersecurity, and poor digital hygiene can cost hundreds of millions.
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