Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 12 Years for $16 Million Coinbase Scam

Ronald Spektor, a 23-year-old from Brooklyn, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a phishing scam that defrauded Coinbase users of nearly $16 million.

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