Poetic Justice: Scammer Lost $5M in Bitcoin After Being Targeted by Ledger Thieves

Article Mathew Di Salvo Friday, 16 October 2026

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Chainalysis has revealed that a victim of last week’s Ledger theft was a scammer themself.

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