Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Post: FBI Arrests Individual Linked To SEC Twitter ...

Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Post: FBI Arrests Individual Linked To SEC Twitter ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of Alabama resident Eric Council Jr. in connection with the infamous hack of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account in January 2024, which resulted in a fraudulent post falsely claiming that the SEC had approved the listing of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Fraudulent […]


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