A popular New York and New Jersey-based Instagram personality has been accused of defrauding his followers out of millions of dollars in Bitcoin, according to federal investigators.
Jay Mazini, whose legal name is Jebara Igbara, allegedly schemed victims into sending him the digital currency in exchange for cash but Mazini never transferred the money to the victims, according to court documents published Tuesday. In total, Mazini allegedly collected at least $2.5 million worth of Bitcoin from the victims.
The 25-year-old Instagrammer garnered followers by posting videos of himself giving away cash to random people throughout the metropolitan area. In one video that made headlines last year, Mazini is seen
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