CoinVoice has recently learned, according to a report by Cointelegraph, that North Wales police are investigating a major Crypto Assets theft case. A scammer impersonated a senior UK police officer and successfully stole Bitcoin worth £2.1 million (approximately $2.8 million).



The police stated that this is a "highly targeted and sophisticated scam" where the scammers may have obtained the victim's information through a data breach. The scammers claimed to have arrested a suspect holding the victim's identification documents, creating panic and urgency to induce the victim to log into a cold wallet via a link they provided. Believing they were following police instructions, the victim entered their mnemonic phrase on a carefully forged website, resulting in the theft of their funds.
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