ATLANTA, Aug. 25 -- The Georgia Attorney General issued the following news release:
COBB COUNTY, GA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that his White Collar and Cyber Crime Unit has seized and returned cryptocurrency to a victim of an investment scam in Cobb County.
Just last week, Carr announced the seizure and return of cryptocurrency to elderly fraud victims in Oconee County. These victims were targeted through a fake bank-breach alert and deceived by a scammer impersonating the FTC into depositing their money into a cryptocurrency kiosk.
"Our White Collar and Cyber Crime Unit is taking action to address the real and evolving threat of crypto scams, and this is just the latest example," said Attorney General Chris C...