A recent wave of crypto scams targeting political figures has hit the UK, as the verified X account of Member of Parliament Lucy Powell was hijacked to promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency. The hackers leveraged her official platform to push a Solana-based token called “House of Commons Coin” (HOC), misleading followers into believing it was a legitimate community-backed project. However, this impersonation attempt failed to attract much attention. Powell’s team quickly clarified that the account had been compromised and removed the misleading content. Despite the scam’s failure, it adds another entry in a growing list of political figures whose identities have been exploited for cryptocurrency promotion schemes. ”,