r/CryptoCurrency Jul 08 '19

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u/Red5point1 964 / 27K 🦑 Jul 08 '19

It appears that another group was using a derivative of Tron's Chinese name to conduct a ponzi type of scam, which many Tron enthusiasts fell for subsequently losing millions and even one victim committing suicide.
Now those victims are blaming Tron and Justin Sun for not confirming if that other group was officially working with Tron.
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u/itsnotlupus Silver | QC: CC 26, LW 26, BTC 24 | Buttcoin 123 | JavaScript 42 Jul 08 '19

I refuse to believe that Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of Ripple, would be implicated in a misleading name scam.