Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Up to 12 Years for $16M Coinbase Phishing Scam
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Content	A Brooklyn man was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for orchestrating a phishing scheme that stole approximately $16 million in cryptocurrency from Coinbase users. The operation reportedly used fraudulent communications and websites to obtain victims’ login credentials and drain their digital assets. The case underscores the continuing vulnerability of centralized exchange users to social-engineering attacks and the legal consequences of targeting custodial crypto platforms....	content
Citation 1	https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/man-gets-12-years-for-coinbase-scam	source

Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Up to 12 Years for $16M Coinbase Phishing Scam

Sep 24, 2026

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A Brooklyn man was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for orchestrating a phishing scheme that stole approximately $16 million in cryptocurrency from Coinbase users. The operation reportedly used fraudulent communications and websites to obtain victims’ login credentials and drain their digital assets. The case underscores the continuing vulnerability of centralized exchange users to social-engineering attacks and the legal consequences of targeting custodial crypto platforms.

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