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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 happened 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 bitcoin worth over $240 million.
The headline split ABC 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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ABC News - BusinessNews report · Sep 7, 12:43 PM

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...

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Stuff (New Zealand)News report · Sep 7, 12:08 PM

‘Ferris Bueller gone bad’: Party's over for crypto scammers who went wild after $408m theft

The scammers — a network of young men in their late teens or early 20s — celebrated the August 2024 heist by embarking on a wild spending spree.

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Sep 7, 12:08 PM: Stuff (New Zealand) joined the source map.

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