Chainalysis says Task scammer lost over 60 BTC after thieves drained three ledger wallets

Chainalysis reported that one of the largest victims of the Ledger theft was itself a scam operator, who lost more than 60 BTC, worth about $4.8M. The funds came from a task scam in which people were paid to fake sales and reviews of real items, then told a "negative balance" appeared and instructed to add their own money to get paid. On Sep 22 the operator moved proceeds into three Ledger addresses; on Oct 9 thieves emptied all three into one wallet, reported as stolen funds.

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