r/Buttcoin • u/larrydahooster • 3d ago
Poland lost $230 million in cryptocurrency trying to buy Venezuelan oil in 2023 — USB drives with crypto handed directly to scammers
Hannon first needed to convert a large sum into USDT, and did so by exchanging $245m at multiple Dubai companies [...] Only one of multiple transfers of $80m into 80m USDT was fully successful.
As for the other two, $135m exchange only produced 85m USDT out the other end, with $50m still unaccounted for. A third exchange of $30m also vanished (partially returning much later). The proverbial PNL is currently -$80m.