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Scammer loses over 60 BTC in Ledger wallet theft

  • Earliest collected report:ForkLog

The organizer of a fraud scheme lost over 60 BTC due to a theft related to Ledger wallets. According to Chainalysis, these funds were obtained through fake sales and reviews.

In brief

  • The scammer lost over 60 BTC due to the theft.
  • The funds were obtained through fake sales.
  • The theft occurred from Ledger wallets.
  • The fraud’s revenue amounted to about $4.8 million.
Covered by 2 of 6 media groups
  • Budget not in the collected reports
  • Public money not in the collected reports
  • Media business 1 source
  • Big capital not in the collected reports
  • Readers and grants not in the collected reports
  • Undisclosed 1 source

No newsrooms from these groups in the collected reports: budget, public money, big capital, readers and grants.

What are media groups?

Share of reports by media group
GroupShareCount
Media business
  • Newsroom 2
67%2 items
Undisclosed
  • Newsroom 1
33%1 item

How we count media groups — Methodology

Who the outlets write for
  • community 1
  • region 0
  • country 1
  • world 0
Channels
  • Websites 2
  • Telegram 1

How we measure speed, distance and channels

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  • ForkLogMedia business
    • first item
    • earliest

    Chainalysis: организатор скама потерял более 60 BTC в инциденте Ledger - ForkLog

  • InternetUAUndisclosed
    • first item
    • caught up, 26 h later
    • national desk

    Chainalysis: один із постраждалих від крадіжки з гаманців Ledger виявився шахраєм

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