March 28, 2024

A fraudster who lured 9 million to buy cryptocurrency was detained in Ukraine

Fraudster who defrauded 9 million to buy cryptocurrency was detained in Ukraine

In the first days of the new year, the police of the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine detained a crypto swindler who deceivedgullible citizens for almost 9 million hryvnia.

23-year-old Ukrainian promised victims a big profitfrom cryptocurrency trading. Since 2017, the fraudster has managed to collect 8,819,000 hryvnias from citizens who want to capitalize on Bitcoin volatility. When his victims realized that they should not expect return on investment, they demanded a return on investment and contacted the police. By that time, the criminal had already managed to escape and almost two years slipped away from law enforcement officers. They managed to detain him only on January 3.

The court has already chosen a preventive measure in the formdetention with the possibility of release on bail in the amount of 630,000. In addition, criminal proceedings were opened against the Ukrainian – he is charged with fraud on an especially large scale.

Similar cases of crypto fraud are becoming more frequentLately. Recently, a network of fraudulent call centers has been exposed in Zaporozhye that weekly deceived residents for UAH 3 million. Also recently, the Ukrainian cyberpolice arrested a crypto jacker who mined cryptocurrency at the expense of more than one and a half million Ukrainians.