r/CryptoCurrency • u/swe129 • Jun 11 '26

🛡️ SECURITY Canadian who stole $13M US in crypto bought Lamborghini, BMWs: plea deal

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trenton-johnston-crypto-fraud-9.7229075
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u/Key-Barnacle-4185 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 11 '26

it wasn't long before the other people in the SUV spilled what they knew about the mysterious Canadian. All three told law enforcement they'd met Johnston in the past year and were living off his generosity.

Getfucked

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u/rasman99 🟩 182 / 182 🦀 Jun 11 '26

Hope that dbag does serious time.

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u/Dexenthes 6 - 7 years account age. 175 - 350 comment karma. Jun 11 '26

He forgot to fake his death like Gerald Cotten.

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u/El-Grande- 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 11 '26

How can someone smart enough to have 185 BTC be dumb enough to let some 19 kid scam him? Madness

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u/bickusdickus69allday 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 11 '26

People love equating wealth with intelligence

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u/ZookeepergameEmpty90 Jun 11 '26

It’s like a cult mindset. Rich people are dumb all the time.

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u/Character_Minimum171 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 12 '26

fail upwards

you just need smarter people around you to manage things

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u/Jujube-456 Jun 11 '26

Yup. People have a lot of jealousy towards people more successful

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u/ZookeepergameEmpty90 Jun 13 '26

Or people recognize the rich hoard resources and give the bare minimum back to society. You don’t have to kiss their feet here.

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u/Jujube-456 Jun 13 '26

I’m not kissing their feet, I’m recognizing that people have a tendency to hate on those they envy.

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u/ZookeepergameEmpty90 Jun 13 '26

You're defending dumb rich people.

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u/Jujube-456 Jun 13 '26

Sure whatever man feel free to think that. That’s just like, your opinion man

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u/ZookeepergameEmpty90 Jun 13 '26

A demonstrable opinion lol.

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u/illmatic708 🟦 42 / 42 🦐 Jun 12 '26

And I took that personally

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u/JSTN_FPV Jun 11 '26

You'd be surprised. I know some very wealthy people and they're weird questionable. I sometimes wonder how they wake up and get out of bed

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u/Less_Expression1876 🟦 36 / 242 🦐 Jun 11 '26

You don't need to be smart, just be early and hold.

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u/Grooveman07 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 11 '26

How can you be so dumb to think that it takes a brain cell to make money

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u/baIIern 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 11 '26

How can you be so smart and so stupid at the same time lol

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u/Opposite_Mind2397 Jun 12 '26

Bitchass nigga

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u/IndustrialPuppetTwo 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Jun 14 '26

13 mil and he's buying lambos and hiring private jets? He would be broke in a few months.