A poker player was charged in Las Vegas this week for allegedly swindling a novice cryptocurrency trader for as much as $500,000 in in 2020.
23-year-old Filippos Liakounakos, who was booked on Monday, faces three felony charges in Las Vegas Justice Court: theft of more than $100,000, obtaining or using another person's identity to cause a financial loss of more than $30,000, and an unlawful felony act involving electronic mail or transmission of computer data, according to court records.
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on Tuesday that the victim, whose name is blacked out in an arrest warrant for Liakounakos, had notified authorities in November 2020 that he was the victim of a bitcoin scam.