Overview
- A Brooklyn judge increased Ronald Spektor’s bond to $2.5 million after prosecutors cited alleged plans to flee and a $600,000 crypto transfer to someone in the nation of Georgia.
- Spektor pleaded not guilty to a 31-count indictment that includes first-degree grand larceny, first-degree money laundering, and a scheme to defraud.
- Investigators say the operation ran from April 2023 through December 2024, with Spektor posing as Coinbase support to induce victims to move assets into wallets he controlled.
- Authorities report he routed stolen funds through mixers, token-swapping services, and gambling sites, with seizures to date totaling about $105,000 in cash and roughly $400,000 in crypto.
- The case drew on Coinbase’s cooperation and research publicized by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT, and prosecutors have identified Spektor’s father as an active suspect after a judge previously rejected his attempted bail payment over source-of-funds concerns.