A scammer impersonated a British police officer to steal £2.1 million worth of cryptocurrency

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, North Wales police are investigating a major cryptocurrency 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," and the scammer may have obtained the victim's information through a data breach. The scammer claimed to have arrested a suspect in possession of the victim's identification, creating panic and urgency to lure the victim into logging into a cold wallet through a link provided by them. Believing they were following police instructions, the victim entered their mnemonic phrase on a carefully forged website, resulting in the theft of their funds.