Gen Z NYC crypto crook still living with his dad busted for swiping $16M in jaw-dropping digital heist
A 23‑year‑old who was still living with his dad has been charged with taking about $16 million in crypto from roughly 100 victims, prosecutors said on Friday.
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office says Ronald Spektor, a Gen‑Zer, operated the scam from his father’s house in Sheepshead Bay, luring people across the country—including cops and single mothers—into moving their digital funds into wallets he secretly controlled.
“This was no different than someone robbing them, quite literally robbing them for everything they had. It’s heartbreaking,” Eric Gonzalez, the Brooklyn District Attorney, told reporters.
Spektor posed as a Coinbase representative, claiming the victims’ money was at risk from a hacker. He convinced them to transfer their life savings to wallets he had access to, then liquidated the coins, laundered the proceeds, and spent millions on online gambling.
Meanwhile, he bragged about his exploits on social media under the handle @lolimfeelingevil and ran a Telegram channel called “Blockchain enemies,” where he admitted to losing $6 million in crypto gambling, according to the DA’s office.
He was arrested on December 3 and pleaded not guilty to grand larceny and first‑degree money laundering. At a recent hearing, prosecutors asked the judge to tighten his bail conditions.
In the past, Spektor was allowed $500,000 in cash or a $1 million bond, but new information alleged he was planning to flee to Mexico, Canada, or the country of Georgia.
Assistant District Attorney Alona Katz told the court that Spektor had moved $600,000 in crypto to a person in Georgia, and that a search warrant recovered a new phone revealing text messages about the escape plan.
Spektor has reportedly spent months traveling across the U.S. on Greyhound buses before ending up back home and being taken into custody. Prosecutors say his father—whose name has not been released—is a suspect in the investigation because of “unexplained wealth” that could be tied to the crypto scheme.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun approved a higher bond of $2.5 million. Spektor is scheduled to return to court on January 6, 2026.
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