A viral story about a crypto robbery in Bali took an unexpected turn after the X (formerly Twitter) community identified the alleged victim as a known figure linked to cryptocurrency fraud.

X user "wrss29" posted a detailed account claiming he was robbed of 189 SOL (approximately $14,000) from his Phantom wallet at a Bali beach club. Phantom is a widely used self-custody wallet for the Solana ecosystem, meaning that once funds are transferred out, there is no bank or intermediary to reverse the transaction. According to his statement, the incident occurred after he handed his unlocked phone to an Australian woman he had met, so she could add him on Instagram. He acknowledged being intoxicated after consuming multiple shots of alcohol.

The user said he remained at the club after his friends departed and encountered a group of Australian women who allegedly robbed him. Shortly afterward, the group disappeared, and upon checking his Phantom wallet, he discovered that 189 SOL had been transferred to another wallet. The alleged victim subsequently posted footage of himself confronting the women, with police reportedly involved.

Community Members Question the Story

Several users flagged inconsistencies in the account, noting that the women in the footage appeared visibly confused. Others questioned how the woman could have accessed and drained the wallet so quickly.

The situation escalated when X user ImmortalXelf claimed the tourist was not simply an unlucky victim. The post identified the individual as Ronnie Magrehbi, a person previously linked to crypto fraud, and urged the community not to treat him as a random innocent victim.

X user Dethective, an account focused on exposing grifters and scams in the crypto space, also weighed in. Dethective called the robbery story fake and claimed the drained wallet does not exist. The user shared screenshots allegedly from the victim's Telegram channel, showing fabricated transaction proofs for giveaways as well as offers teaching others how to execute rug pulls.

Dethective further alleged that Magrehbi is a serial scammer who sold courses on topics including wallet poisoning and memecoin rug pulls. Wallet poisoning is a technique where attackers create wallet addresses resembling a target's prior transaction partners to trick them into sending funds to the wrong address. According to the screenshots shared, Magrehbi allegedly bragged about taking money from a child with cancer.

Following the community backlash, wrss29 — identified as Magrehbi — hinted at launching a coin, shared his wallet address, and suggested that users should direct fees to him so he could recover his $14,000. The pivot from alleged victim to promoting a new token is a pattern that crypto watchdog accounts have flagged in the past as a common fundraising tactic within scam-adjacent communities.

The original post by wrss29 and the subsequent follow-up post remain publicly visible on X.