Fake Coinbase staffer ‘stole $16m in crypto’ and blew loot in online casinos – prosecutors – DL News
- Bogus Coinbase employee lost $6 million on web-based betting platforms, say prosecutors.
- Suspect ‘sent $600,000’ to Georgia as he ‘prepared to flee overseas.’
- Police in Russia report similar attack on crypto users at the hands of ‘online gambling addict.’
A New York man posed as a Coinbase employee to steal about $16 million in crypto from some 100 traders – before proceeding to lose millions of dollars’ worth of coins in online casinos.
That’s according to the Office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, which said it has charged the 23-year-old New York resident Ronald Spektor with 31 offences, including first-degree grand larceny, first-degree money laundering, and scheme to defraud.
“He allegedly tricked many…
