Nearly half a million dollars was stolen from an Alexandria man in a cryptocurrency scam from a person he met on Tinder, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.
On Jan. 28, the victim reported to the Alexandria Police Department that he had been scammed out of approximately $480,000 of his own money.
The victim told police that on Oct. 22, 2025, he matched with a woman named Leah on Tinder and started texting with her. The suspect told him that her real name was Laura Su and asked to move their conversation to WhatsApp after a few days of texting. From there, the suspect started to discuss investing in short-term gold trading through the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase…