{"id":4884,"date":"2022-03-31T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2022-03-31T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:45:01","slug":"filippos-liakounakos-faces-felony-charges-in-las-vegas-over-500k-bitcoin-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/filippos-liakounakos-faces-felony-charges-in-las-vegas-over-500k-bitcoin-scam","title":{"rendered":"Filippos Liakounakos Faces Felony Charges In Las Vegas Over $500K Bitcoin Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n A poker player is facing charges in Las Vegas for his alleged involvement in a massive bitcoin scam. Filippos Liakounakos<\/strong>, 23, allegedly swindled as much as $500,000 from a crypto trading newbie<\/a>. <\/p>\n The suspect was charged with identity theft leading to financial loss, theft of over $100,000, and a felony act that involves electronic mail or computer data transmission. <\/p>\n The victim, identified in the warrant as a novice cryptocurrency trader and whose real identity was blacked out, initially contacted the Internet Crime Complaint Center in November 2020 to report that he became the victim of bitcoin<\/a> fraud. According to the complaint, the victim was duped into sending $500,000 in bitcoin<\/strong> to a business associate he knew on Telegram, an encrypted, cloud-based mobile messaging platform. <\/p>\n The victim later learned that the money had been transferred to an imposter and that the business associate was entirely clueless about the transaction. The $500K that the victim had sent included $50,000 in seller\u2019s fee. <\/p>\n Upon investigating, authorities discovered that the culprit employed a dirty tactic called \u201cpeeling<\/em>\u201d wherein the amount was split and transferred rapidly through a series of transactions in an attempt to obscure where the money was going. <\/p>\n Just a month after the fraudulent transaction, the imposter once again approached the victim for a bitcoin transaction worth nearly $999,900<\/strong>. This time around, the victim managed to obtain an email from the scammer which led to the arrest of Liakounakos.<\/p>\n\n
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