Two Canadian citizens, Jagroop Singh Khatkar and Karanjit Singh Khatkhar were involved in a bitcoin scam. Two brothers fooled a woman pretending as customer care agents of crypto exchange HitBTC and illegally transferred her funds from the platform. Around 23 BTC worth $140,000 was stolen. Both pleaded guilty in a United States federal court. They are charged with six counts of wire fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.