"A Gen-Zer still living with his dad was busted for stealing $16 million in cryptocurrency from dozens of people - using the funds to gamble and shamelessly bragging about the jaw-dropping digital heist online, Brooklyn prosecutors said Friday. Ronald Spektor, 23, allegedly scammed roughly 100 victims - ranging from cops to single moms - out of their hard-earned savings while running the scheme from his father's house in Sheepshead Bay, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez."
"The blockchain bandit contacted victims all over the country while posing as a representative from the crypto exchange company Coinbase, and claimed their money was at risk from a hacker, the DA's office said. The young con artist then convinced his marks - including victims in Virginia, California and Pennsylvania- to move the digital dough to a different online "wallet" that he secretly had access to, prosecutors said. Spektor then allegedly cleaned out those wallets, laundered the money and spent millions of dollars gambling - before boasting about it online under the eerily apt handle @lolimfeelingevil, according to prosecutors."
Ronald Spektor, 23, allegedly stole roughly $16 million in cryptocurrency from about 100 victims while operating from his father's house in Sheepshead Bay. Victims included a range of people from police officers to single mothers across multiple states. He reportedly impersonated a Coinbase representative, warned of a hacker threat, and convinced victims to transfer funds to wallets he controlled. Spektor then allegedly emptied and laundered those wallets, gambled away millions, and publicly boasted under the handle @lolimfeelingevil and on a Telegram channel called "Blockchain enemies," admitting to large gambling losses. He was arrested December 3 and pleaded not guilty to grand larceny and first-degree money laundering; at a hearing the judge was asked to increase bail.
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