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South Florida man arrested after FBI links him to a $220k crypto theft scheme
A 21-year-old man from North Lauderdale, Florida, is accused of stealing $220,000 through malicious video games, which infected approximately 8,000 devices and accessed 80 crypto wallets. The FBI linked him to the scheme, and Valve, the parent company of Steam, removed one of the games and advised users to reformat their computers.
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