Banks decline to investigate fraud claims involving crypto-based pyramid scheme intermediaries
A bank customer was scammed into funding a pyramid scheme through an intermediary that converted cash into bitcoin to avoid traceability, leaving the checking account with a negative balance. The bank declined to investigate the fraudulent withdrawals because the transacting entity was not the actual scheme operator listed as the merchant.
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