Romance scams are on the rise and are now using crypto to bleed hearts and accounts.
In June 2021, a man identifying himself as Moshe Theodor McNigh befriended a Toronto woman on Facebook and began courting her. He persuaded her to invest around $355,000 in Bitcoin through a site called Legacyfxtraders.online. A few months later, the woman – who police are not naming out of fear for her safety – was…