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S Korean Fraudsters ‘Impersonated Regulators to Scam Victims out of $22.7M’
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South Korean prosecutors have indicted a group of suspected crypto fraudsters who they say impersonated regulators to scam victims out of a total of $22.7 million.
Per Money Today, the group was allegedly masterminded by four men in their 40s.
The group appears to have attempted to dupe worried platform users into paying them $5,000 worth of the stablecoin USDT.
Prosecutors think the group operated bogus trading platforms named BISSNEX and BDCDP that posed as bona fide stock and crypto exchanges.
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