Brooklyn Man Sentenced to Up to 12 Years for $16M Coinbase Scam
Ronald Spektor receives a prison term for a social engineering scheme that stole approximately $16 million from Coinbase users.
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First reported by The Block, 39 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 4 articles since 24 Sept 2026. The Block published first, on 24 September at 08:21 UTC; decrypt.co followed 39 min later. The most recent article, from The Block, appeared on 25 September at 17:48 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), The Block, decrypt.co.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- The BlockBrooklyn man gets up to 12 years over $16 million Coinbase social engineering scheme
- decrypt.coBrooklyn Man Who Bragged About $16M Coinbase Scam Gets Up to 12 Years
- CoinDeskBrooklyn man sent to prison for 12 years for stealing $16M in a Coinbase phishing scheme
- The BlockMan charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Brooklyn man sent to prison for 12 years for stealing $16M in a Coinbase phishing scheme CoinDesk ·
- Man charged in $16 million crypto ‘massive pig butchering’ scam The Block
- Brooklyn Man Who Bragged About $16M Coinbase Scam Gets Up to 12 Years decrypt.co
- Brooklyn man gets up to 12 years over $16 million Coinbase social engineering scheme The Block
In this story
- Ronald Spektor
- Coinbase