Monday, 13 August 2018

How a Finnish millionaire lost $35M worth of Bitcoin in a gambling scam


Is your cryptocurrency portfolio looking a little light lately? That’s nothing compared to one Finnish investor, who lost 5,500 Bitcoin ($35 million) to an investment scam this year. Bangkok Post reports that businessman Aarni Otava Saarimaa was approached by a group who sought to link him up with some hot investments: shares in a few high-profile companies and a cryptocurrency called Dragon Coin. The story reads almost like a screenplay: a young, tech-savvy international millionaire courted by a Thai criminal syndicate (run by a movie star) for Bitcoin investments – none of which eventuated. The gang allegedly had convinced Saarimaa and an…

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https://ift.tt/2vG3A9n David Canellis August 13, 2018 at 06:00AM

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