That’s also whywhat I thought at first when I read aboiytabout this story. I even thought this wouldmight be a scam attempt since he posted a bitcoin adressaddress and asked for donations.
But after reading his replies, I found that he shared a copy of the report he filed towith IC3 which contains the transaction ID and the scammer’s address. You can also watch this interview on youtube in which he and his wife talk about what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3PZKrCMkxs
They also organized a fund raisingfundraising campaign on GoFundMe and they managed to raise ~$7k so far.
So, I beievebelieve this story is genuine adand he did, indeed, get scammed.

That’s also why I thought at first when I read aboiyt this story. I even thought this would be a scam attempt since he posted a bitcoin adress and asked for donations.
But after reading his replies, I found that he shared a copy of the report he filed to IC3 which contains the transaction ID and the scammer’s address. You can also watch this interview on youtube in which he and his wife talk about what happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3PZKrCMkxs
They also organized a fund raising campaign on GoFundMe and they managed to raise ~$7k so far.
So, I beieve this story is genuine ad he did, indeed, get scammed.