{"id":24392,"date":"2026-08-14T15:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/a-queensland-man-enjoyed-soaring-profits-from-a-crypto-trading-app-then-his-money-started-disappearing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:38:39","slug":"a-queensland-man-enjoyed-soaring-profits-from-a-crypto-trading-app-then-his-money-started-disappearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/a-queensland-man-enjoyed-soaring-profits-from-a-crypto-trading-app-then-his-money-started-disappearing\/","title":{"rendered":"A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Within days of clicking on an online ad for a cryptocurrency trading app, a 29-year-old Queensland man watched his dashboard soar with profits.<\/p>\n<p>Making investment gains was as simple as downloading the slick-looking app and browser extension linked to his crypto wallet. So he invested more.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/aug\/15\/australia-crypto-money-investment-scam-ai-fraud-crime\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3ab62c6f8d7667c76c6b8b999f646763190e82c2\/508_0_3709_2969\/master\/3709.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f043bb0c104a77bb958b4e3e1ec97325\" title=\"A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing\" \/>The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nWithin days of clicking on an online ad for a cryptocurrency trading app, a 29-year-old Queensland man watched his dashboard soar with profits.<br \/>\nMaking investment gains was as simple as downloading the slick-looking app and browser extension linked to his crypto wallet. So he invested more. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Within days of clicking on an online ad for a cryptocurrency trading app, a 29-year-old Queensland man watched his dashboard soar with profits. Making investment gains &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/a-queensland-man-enjoyed-soaring-profits-from-a-crypto-trading-app-then-his-money-started-disappearing\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}