An estimated $100m has been wheedled out of people around the world in a crytocurrency scam run out of a Kiev call centre. We talk to four victims As a pensioner, Kate couldn't afford to lose the $4,000 she ploughed into an alleged cryptocurrency scam run out of acall centre in Kiev. She couldn't even really afford the initial US$250 she was convinced to invest in website CryptoMB by a man calling himself William Bradley.