DOJ Charges 25-Year-Old with Stealing $450,000 in NFTs and Crypto from OpenSea
A Moroccan man, Soufiane Oulahyane, aged 25, has been charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for his alleged involvement in stealing approximately $450,000 worth of cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Oula...
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Oulahyane is accused of creating a fake version of the popular marketplace OpenSea, tricking victims into providing their private crypto wallet keys....
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