There is a substantial segment of the population that utterly swears by cryptocurrency, confident that it is the investment of a lifetime and the way that the future's headed.

But for one unfortunate individual, their very large investment proved a little too vulnerable to scam artists — one of whom happened to be a a teenager from Ontario.

An unnamed youth from Hamilton has been apprehended by local police for possession of property or proceeds of property obtained by crime, as well as theft over $5,000, but the amount that was stolen from the American victim through the complicated scam was far, far more than that, and actually stands as the biggest cryptocurrency theft reported from one person.

Hamilton Police have made an arrest in a $46 million dollar cryptocurrency theft.#HamOnt

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— Hamilton Police (@HamiltonPolice) November 17, 2021

According to authorities, approximately $46 million CAD was swindled from a single investor in what is called a "SIM swap attack" using duplicate phone numbers to take advantage of two-factor authentication.

According to Hamilton police, officers made "multiple cryptocurrency seizures" (though it's hard to imagine seizing something that doesn't physically exist) valued at over $7 million.

Hamilton detectives, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force are still seeking any additional information that could help with their investigation.