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Whoops: DEA Falls for Crypto Scam, Hands Fraudster $55,000 in Stolen Funds

Posted on August 25, 2023

The same federal agency that once helped bring down the biggest crypto-based dark web drug marketplace Silk Road got swindled by one of the oldest tricks in the crypto scammer playbook. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly handed a fraudster a little more than $55,000 in confiscated crypto funds after…

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