Fake Coinbase website leads to $20M fraud, 5-year sentence
A phishing scam netted a fraudster luxury cars and foreign vacations, and then a prison sentence.
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A phishing scam netted a fraudster luxury cars and foreign vacations, and then a prison sentence.
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