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Fentanyl-linked Chinese network tied to crypto fraud from Japan involving fake ‘Zksync.jp’ token: Nikkei
A Fentanyl-linked Chinese network is accused of orchestrating a cryptocurrency fraud scheme in Japan involving a fake 'zksync.jp' token, resulting in over $1 million in global losses. The criminal group allegedly distributed the scam token to deceive users.
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