PANews reported on November 21 that according to on-chain analyst ZachXBT, a social engineering scammer named Ronaldd (real identity Ronald Spektor) was accused of stealing $6.5 million from a victim last month by impersonating Coinbase customer service.
The incident occurred on October 7, when the victim received a call disguised as Coinbase customer service and was lured to visit a phishing website, which led to the theft of funds. On-chain tracking shows that the stolen funds flowed to the eXch platform, were converted into Litecoin, and then dispersed to multiple service platforms.
Just a few days later, Ronaldd showed off his Ledger Live account through screen sharing on Discord, showing that his Ledger Live account received $3.1 million on October 8. Further investigation found that the TON address associated with his Telegram account showed that the funds came from multiple exchanges and were associated with other Coinbase withdrawal records, further proving the possibility of his involvement in the scam.
