Singapore Warns Against Bitcoin Scammers Using Premier's Name

Lee Hsien LoongPhotographer: Paul Miller/Bloomberg
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Bitcoin fraudsters are misusing the names of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his deputy Tharman Shanmugaratnam to tout investments, prompting a warning from the premier.

“Scammers have used DPM Tharman’s and my name to solicit Bitcoin investments,” Lee said in a tweet on Saturday evening. “Don’t believe everything you see on the Internet!”