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Story summary
- Scammers used AI-driven scripts and dark-web data-selling services to steal cryptocurrency and funnel it through a network of wallets.
- The fraud cost Kyle Holder, a 73-year-old former occupational therapist from New York, about $300,000 and led to his placement in a Medicaid-funded assisted-living facility.
- IRS agents traced the money through five intermediary wallets to an exchange and opened an online tip line, noting the scheme moved over $5 million across victims.
