๐จ Tiny Mistake, Huge Consequences: $13M Crypto Scammer Caught! ๐ฌ
A notorious crypto scammer, on the run for five years, was finally arrested in South Korea-not with a dramatic chase, but because he carelessly dropped a cigarette on the street.
Facing 10 charges including fraud and assault, he tried to bribe police, refused to show ID, and even attempted to escape twice. This small slip-up ended a scam that cheated over 1,300 people between 2018-2019.
Crypto crime history is full of similar blunders:
James Zhong - Stole 50,000 bitcoins from Silk Road (worth $5.6B today). He hid the wallets at home, but reporting a burglary in 2019 exposed him to authorities.
Heather Morgan & Ilya Lichtenstein - The couple behind the 2016 Bitfinex hack, stealing 119,000 bitcoins. Morganโs flashy rapper persona โRazzlekhanโ and sloppy digital trails made it easy for investigators to catch them.
๐ก Takeaway: Even the cleverest scammers can fall because of careless mistakes-digital or real-world. Stay alert, stay secure!
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