Dubai Police Arrest Alleged Bitcoin Scammer Who Siphoned $100,000 off Victims

Dubai Police Arrest Alleged Bitcoin Scammer Who Siphoned $100,000 off Victims

A man accused of stealing bitcoin from three individual victims has been arrested by police in Dubai, in a case that is the first of its kind to be investigated and solved in the region. The accused, who is not a Gulf national, defrauded three Gulf citizens by purporting to be bitcoin buyer interested in purchasing the cryptocurrency at a price higher than the market value of the cryptocurrency, Dubai police revealed. As reported by local news outlet 7Days, the alleged conman set up an Instagram page to put up an affluent front while being unemployed in actuality. Striking up a....


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