Impersonation Scam Targeting Ledger Users, U.S. Federal Prosecutors Seize Approximately JPY 96 Million

2026/04/03 15:00 (Updated 2026/04/03 16:01)
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Impersonation Scam Targeting Ledger Users, U.S. Federal Prosecutors Seize Approximately JPY 96 Million

Impersonation Scam Posing as Official Ledger

On the 1st, the U.S. Federal Prosecutors announced the recovery of $600,000 (approximately JPY 96 million) related to a fraud targeting owners of the cryptocurrency hardware wallet Ledger. The scam was conducted by fraudsters impersonating the official Ledger service. A hardware wallet is a physical device that isolates cryptocurrency private keys from the internet...

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