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Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theft
ABC News - Business and Stuff (New Zealand) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedA 22-year-old man from Singapore is expected to plead guilty this week in Washington to orchestrating one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over $240 million.
The headline splitABC News - Business frames it as "Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoi...". Stuff (New Zealand) frames it as "‘Ferris Bueller gone bad’: Party's over for crypto scammers who went wild after $408m the...".
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Left / center-leftParty's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theft
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Party's over for crypto scammers who went on a spending spree after a $240 million bitcoin theft
A 22-year-old man from Singapore is expected to plead guilty this week in Washington to orchestrating one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitc...
