SHOCKING : ๐จ CRYPTO SCAMMER SENT TO 3YRS PRISON โ JUSTICE FINALLY HIT BACK ๐จ
๐ A 23-year-old scammer from Cardiff has just been sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison after running a ruthless social-media crypto scam that stole ยฃ124,000 from at least 17 victims.
No rug pull.
Straight to a prison cell.
2.๐ฃ HOW THE SCAM WORKED (AND WHY IT WAS SO DANGEROUS)
๐ง Weaponized Trust
He hacked real social media accounts, impersonated friends and influencers, and pitched so-called โrisk-freeโ crypto opportunities.
โ No trading
โ No investing
โ No yield
Just theft โ dressed up as crypto.
๐ณ๏ธ From January 2021 to June 2023, victims believed they were entering legit plays.
Reality? Every pound went straight into his pocket.
Investigators confirmed it clearly: ๐ There were never any investments. ๐ Only fake promises and stolen trust.
Authorities said his actions showed a โcomplete disregardโ for the damage caused.
3.๐ HOW IT ENDED
This wasnโt luck โ it was pressure.
The case was cracked through joint work between South Wales Police and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit.
Online scam.
Offline consequences.
Cell door closed.
4.๐ฅ WHY THIS IS BIG FOR CRYPTO
For too long, scammers thought: โOnline crime = no consequences.โ
That narrative just took a hit.
๐ค Crypto scams donโt always end with silence and blocked accounts.
Sometimesโฆ they end with a prison sentence.
5.๐ง FINAL TAKE (BURN THIS IN)
๐ซ โRisk-free returnsโ
๐ซ Random DMs
๐ซ Too-good-to-be-true yields
If itโs pushed through social media with urgency and promises โ
itโs almost always a lie.
Stay sharp.
Verify everything.
And remember: scammers are getting braver , but so is enforcement. ๐งจ