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Sheepshead Bay Man Sentenced For Stealing Nearly $16M in Cryptocurrency

“Today’s sentencing holds the defendant accountable for a brazen, long-running social engineering scam that amounted to a digital robbery of nearly 100 victims,” said Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.

A Brooklyn man who stole nearly $16 million in cryptocurrency from Coinbase users across the country was sentenced Wednesday to four to 12 years in prison. Prosecutors say Ronald Spektor, 23, of Sheepshead Bay, targeted about 100 Coinbase users nationwide while operating under the handle @lolimfeelingevil. Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange that allows users to buy, sell and store digital assets. More on this from News 12 Brooklyn.




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