Everyone loves a rags-to-riches story. Apparently, the BBC loved this one so much, that they failed to properly look into the individual in question, who traded in his rags for riches by crypto scamming. Tracingia wrote a review of this.

In February, the BBC ran an article about a local Birmingham crypto investor, Hanad Hassan. The piece claimed that Hassan put £50 into crypto last year and was able to turn it into millions! That wasn't all. The article also covered how Hassan wanted to use his newfound wealth to help people within the community.
One problem: The internet was full of people who claimed Hassan had scammed them. In April 2021, Hassan launched a "charity token" called Orfano. In addition to being a crypto investment, it would set aside 3 percent of the funds to support charity projects. This is a common tactic in crypto rug pulls to make investors feel like they're doing something legitimate and good with their money. Months later, Orfano abruptly shut down, taking everyone's investments with them. There was no way for users to withdraw any of their money.

A month later, Hassan relaunched Orfano as OrfanoX and once again did the same thing to new investors in this token. And now the BBC was going to herald his "good fortunes!" The story is so ridiculous, it was one of the first recommended to me by David Gerard, a cryptocurrency critic and author of the book "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain.". According to Gerard, the BBC not only ran a "puff piece" on the crypto scammer, Hanad Hassan, but they also produced a 30-minute documentary on him titled, We Are England: Birmingham’s Self-Made Crypto-Millionaire. The scheduled airing was only pulled hours before it was supposed to air in February.
While Hassan's crypto scamming took place in 2021, he pulled the wool over the eyes of the BBC just this year. He essentially scammed them into spinning his story. A scam within a scam. Scamception!

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