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Brooklyn man sentenced to 12 years in prison over $16M Coinbase phishing scam

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CoinDesk Staff
(11:33 AM UTC)
1 min read
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Updated byMichael Roberts
A man from Brooklyn impersonated a Coinbase customer service person and convinced his victims they'd been hacked. (Trevor Hayes/Unsplash)

Summary

  • Ronald Spektor, 23, was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $16 million from almost 100 Coinbase users through a phishing and social engineering scheme.
  • Spektor persuaded victims to transfer cryptocurrency to…

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