Police said after the man sent the business associate $500,000 in bitcoin, he learned that the person he sent the money to was actually an imposter.
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A 23-year-old man has been charged in Las Vegas with what authorities say was a complex bitcoin scam that swindled as much as $500,000 from a novice cryptocurrency trader.
Marcos Enriquez, 30, was booked at the Clark County Detention Center Saturday on charges of attempted murder, battery, and four counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle.
Officers responded to reports of multiple gunshots inside a home on the 6400 block of Bright Nimbus Avenue and found a woman dead from gunshot sounds.
Freddy Allen, 58, was arrested on suspicion of murder in the 9:39 p.m. attack on a pedestrian bridge at Las Vegas Boulevard South and Tropicana Avenue.
Law enforcement seized fentanyl pills and pounds of methamphetamine in Las Vegas as part of a lengthy investigation that led to the arrests of four people.
As of mid-March, vehicle thefts in Las Vegas were up 12 percent over 2021. This comes after 2021 had an increase of nearly 22 percent over the previous year.
A former nursing assistant charged with sexually assaulting a patient at a Las Vegas rehabilitation center is now charged with sexually abusing a child.
Lawyer says Marsha Stewart Byrd was being treated for breast cancer in California around the time of her missed court date.
Theman purchased a knife at a nearby smoke shop an hour before the attack, then waited until the victim had walked to an area where he thought there were no surveillance cameras.