KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Federal agents have seized more than $1.2 million from scammers who used fake texts to trick Americans into bogus cryptocurrency investments.
U.S. Attorney R. Matthew Price, for the Western District of Missouri, announced the civil forfeiture complaint on Friday, Dec. 19.
Prosecutors said the scammers targeted victims nationwide through what is known as a “wrong number” scam…