Scam Victim Gets Back Bitcoin Worth $500K From U.S. Authorities - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
BitcoinScam Victim Gets Back Bitcoin Worth $500K From U.S. Authorities03 / 17 / 2022बिटकॉइन एथेरियम समाचार The US Department of Justice has successfully returned to an elderly person the bitcoin stolen by a government imposter. US Attorney Dena J. King anounced Tuesday “the forfeiture and return of stolen cryptocurrency to [an] elderly man victimized by government imposter scam.” On August 31 last year, a total of 12.164699 bitcoins worth approximately $574,766 was stolen from the old mans Coinbase account by individuals acting as government agents. After six months, the joint investigation and successful civil forfeiture proceedings of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Coinbase, the scammer was finally identified and the victims stolen assets were seized. “The seized cryptocurrency was forfeited to the United States government and will be returned to the victim,” the DOJ confirmed. Scaring The Victims The scammers conducted the fraud by deceiving the Asheville man into thinking that the latter was allegedly involved in a drug trafficking and money laundering scheme. Thus, all of the victims assets would be frozen. One of the fraudsters, who identified himself as “agent James Hoffman,” informed the victim that he needed to deposit money into an account for the government to verify that his assets werent involved in