A short story about Indian scammers who called the cops on themselves (opens in new tab)

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A short story about Indian scammers who called the cops on themselves: Earlier this week a follower DM'd me from his personal account complaining that 5.73 BTC ($475K) of his was 'unjustly' frozen at Changelly in Mar 2025. So I went and plotted the Bitcoin transaction in my compliance tools. The inflows trace back to illicit sources via social engineering thefts targeting Americans through US exchanges and Bitcoin ATMs. The broader cluster of high confidence thefts has taken $1M+ from victims...

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