Job seekers scammed out of as much as $10,000 each by fake cryptocurrency business

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The Better Business Bureau has sent out multiple alerts about a fake cryptocurrency business that has scammed job seekers out of thousands of dollars.

Daniel LaSane thought he found a fresh start to get back into the workforce while scrolling through job openings on Indeed.com. The job description was being a portfolio manager for stock and also in bitcoin.

LaSane's first assignment included getting a $4,100 deposit in his bank account, and then he says he was instructed what to do with it. Armani Batiste's bank account is $22,000 in the hole after taking on this job at Cryptocurity. The 24-year-old did the same type of transactions as LaSane, where thousands of dollars were deposited into her bank account, she says the manager at Cryptocurity instructed her to buy bitcoin for clients. But again, the bank came calling saying her transactions were all fraud.

 

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Job seekers scammed out of as much as $10,000 each by fake cryptocurrency businessOne man says he's out $10,000 due to the scheme. Why would you EVER use your personal bank account for that kind of thing? Don't businesses have their own accounts?
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