Crypto Scam Courier Gets 5 Years for Stealing $211K From Alabama Retiree

• —Tsou was sentenced Oct. 7 to five years split with one to serve and must repay $211,000.
• —The victim sent $45,000, then $160,000 plus $6,000 in fees to a fake Bybit exchange.
• —Scammers demanded another $385,000, prompting an attempted retirement withdrawal.
• —Total losses hit about $270,000, with roughly $330,000 more prevented.