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 <p class="is-style-lead">Sam Curry, a <a rel="dofollow" title="security" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/security.html">security</a> <a rel="dofollow" title="engineer" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/engineer.html">engineer</a> at Yuga Labs,in a now-deleted X thread, said he was <a rel="dofollow" title="detained" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/detained.html">detained</a> at a U.S. <a rel="dofollow" title="airport" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/airport.html">airport</a> because he had earlier attempted to investigate a crypto scam.</p> 
 <p>According to reports, he was <a rel="dofollow" title="detained" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/detained.html">detained</a> by U.S. federal agents on Sept. 15 after returning from a trip to Japan.</p> 
 <p>Curry was questioned by Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) unit and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents about a “high-profile phishing campaign.” </p> 
 <p>Thinking it was random, the <a rel="dofollow" title="engineer" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/engineer.html">engineer</a> gave his unlocked phone for agents to access OpenSea logs.</p> 
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 <p>U.S. agents later served him with a grand jury subpoena to testify in New York as part of an ongoing investigation into wire fraud and money laundering.</p> 
 <p>However, the subpoena was canceled when agents realized Curry wasn’t involved in the case.</p> 
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  <p>“I’m sharing this because I think it’s something people should be aware of if they’re doing similar work. It was widely shared that the private key was leaked and my background as a <a rel="dofollow" title="security" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/security.html">security</a> researcher wasn’t enough to dissuade using immigrations and a grand jury to intimidate me.”</p> 
  <p>Sam Curry</p> 
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 <p>In a now-deleted X post, the <a rel="dofollow" title="security" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/security.html">security</a> researcher said he helped investigate a crypto phishing website that had stolen “millions of dollars.” </p> 
 <p>He noticed that in the JavaScript of the website, the scammer had “accidentally published their Ethereum private key.”</p> 
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 <p>When Curry finally found the key, the scammers had already moved the stolen cryptocurrency to a different address. </p> 
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