{"id":79724,"date":"2024-10-19T09:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T09:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=79724"},"modified":"2024-10-19T09:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T09:01:42","slug":"fake-coinbase-sites-steal-20m-how-indian-man-led-the-massive-crypto-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=79724","title":{"rendered":"Fake Coinbase Sites Steal $20M \u2014 How Indian Man Led the Massive Crypto Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fake Coinbase Sites Steal $20M \u2014 How Indian Man Led the Massive Crypto Fraud\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/fraud-website.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">A cryptocurrency scam targeting Coinbase users has resulted in a significant theft of over $20 million. An Indian national, Chirag Tomar, was sentenced for orchestrating this scheme, where fake websites mimicking Coinbase led to victims surrendering credentials. U.S. authorities revealed how fraudsters used advanced tactics, including remote desktop access and posing as support agents, to [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cryptocurrency scam targeting Coinbase users has resulted in a significant theft of over $20 million. An Indian national, Chirag Tomar, was sentenced for orchestrating this scheme, where fake websites mimicking Coinbase led to victims surrendering credentials. U.S. authorities revealed how fraudsters used advanced tactics, including remote desktop access and posing as support agents, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}