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The suspect Ron, who impersonated Coinbase customer support and scammed users out of $6.5 million, has been arrested.
BlockBeats News, December 15th, On-chain detective ZachXBT posted on social media that Ronald (real name Ronald Spektor), who had previously impersonated a Coinbase customer in November 2024 and stolen $6.5 million in user assets, has been arrested in New York.
BlockBeats previously reported that in November 2024, a social engineering scammer named Ronaldd (real name Ronald Spektor) was accused of stealing $6.5 million from a victim by impersonating Coinbase customer support. The incident occurred on October 7th when the victim received a call from someone impersonating Coinbase support, leading them to a phishing website and resulting in the theft of funds. On-chain tracking showed that the stolen funds were sent to the eXch platform, exchanged for LTC, and dispersed to multiple service platforms.
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