{
  "id": 19510,
  "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/15/australia-crypto-money-investment-scam-ai-fraud-crime",
  "title": "A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing",
  "summary": "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 was as simple as downloading the slick-looking app and browser extension linked to his crypto wallet. So he invested more. Continue reading...",
  "authors": "Ima Caldwell",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-14T15:00:31.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-15T05:10:17.122Z",
  "source_slug": "guardian-ai",
  "source_name": "The Guardian",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.theguardian.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/19510",
  "original_url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/15/australia-crypto-money-investment-scam-ai-fraud-crime",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}