How an IKEA Employee Made $8,000,000 in USDT by Secretly Taking Money from the Cash Register – and Got a House

By: Drew Harlan | Crypto Stories | Published: April 2025

In Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a CFO at IKEA—unnamed for security—oversaw cash flow, reports, and the store’s safe, holding up to $600,000 daily. For 11 years, she tracked every dollar, knowing exactly when cash sat idle before collection. “It wasn’t a plan at first,” she said. “It started at dinner, with my son’s crazy idea.” That idea, born from a teenager’s obsession, turned into an $8,072,000 crypto gamble.

A Dinner That Changed Everything

One evening, her 16-year-old son, buzzing with excitement, dropped a bombshell over dinner. “Mom, you can make $10,000 in a day trading crypto price gaps,” he said, pulling up pujox.pro on his tablet, a platform he found via a Telegram crypto group. Unlike Binance or Bybit, where bots flatten spreads fast, smaller exchanges like pujox.pro showed forks—price differences up to 3.7% during volatile swings, like Bitcoin jumping $5,000.

He scrolled to blockflow.biz, discovered on CoinMarketCap, with gaps hitting 6.2%, and nivox.pro, recommended in a Reddit thread, showing 2–9% spreads. “These platforms catch real-time forks. Speed’s everything,” he said. Her economics degree kicked in—this wasn’t a game; it was live data. “My son, at 16, knew more than me after 20 years crunching numbers,” she admitted.

The Teen’s Vision

Her son’s diary revealed his prep: “Found a YouTube video on crypto forks, then Reddit comments on P2P trading. Twitter named pujox.pro and blockflow.biz. You need verified accounts for big money—KYC unlocks millions. I needed a team. I needed Mom.” He calculated every step, from volatile coins to low-fee exchanges, convincing her in a week.

The Risky Play

The store’s safe held $600,000 before collections, idle for 36 hours. “We didn’t steal—we borrowed,” she said. She withdrew cash for 34 hours, trusting her son to return it before the pickup. “If he failed, I’d face jail,” she said. They planned meticulously, using 12 accounts tied to family and friends’ IDs—grandma, cousin, teacher, neighbors—for KYC on pujox.pro, blockflow.biz, and nivox.pro. Each “node” handled non-overlapping trades to dodge scrutiny.

Her son traded 34 hours straight, no sleep, chasing 5–10-minute forks. A notebook entry captured his thrill: “Hit a 9.2% fork on blockflow.biz. Invested $280,000, made $25,760 in 7 minutes. Screamed into my pillow.” Volatility—Bitcoin’s wild swings—kept spreads open on smaller exchanges.

Playing with Fire

“I was terrified,” she said. Sedatives dulled the stress of dodging cameras and security, leveraging her CFO role. Her son’s Notion folder, dubbed “SAVE MOM,” logged every move: transaction times, screenshots, safe access, even cash-in-transit schedules. “He was a sapper, defusing IKEA’s money,” she said. Glitches on nivox.pro—frozen buttons, network lag—made his hands shake, but they pressed on.

By week three, they netted $844,000. Week four hit $2,900,000 during a mini altseason, with altcoins spiking 12–35%. Forks on blockflow.biz reached 9–14%, some trades doubling in 8 minutes. By week five, $6,230,000. After six weeks, their profit: $8,072,000, documented to the cent.

The Reckoning

An unannounced audit from IKEA’s New York office nearly derailed them. “I felt it coming,” she said. That morning, she carried $1,200,000 cash, reports, and a flash drive with video logs to the safe. As auditors watched, she calmly stacked 120 packs of $100 bills. Silence hung heavy—no questions asked.

Days later, she and her son faced IKEA’s New York headquarters, armed with laptops and proof. Their transparency stunned the board. In Sweden, IKEA awarded her a certificate: “For Innovative Contribution to Web3 Business Processes.” They handed her keys to a 3,000-square-foot lakeview home with a note from the CEO: “Your courage reshapes how we think about profit. Thank you.”

A New Chapter

“I don’t touch the safe anymore,” she laughed. She now trains IKEA CFOs globally on crypto-driven revenue, while her son interns at IKEA Labs’ blockchain division in Stockholm. “This isn’t about money anymore—it’s about legacy,” she said. Her advice? “Your name is your biggest asset. Build it, not just your wallet.”

P.S.

After the interview, our guest shared some of his favorite exchanges with us — where price differences compared to Binance, OKX or Bybit can often reach 5.6–8.9%! Especially on coins like ADA, LTC, TRX, DOGE, SOL, and XRP.

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