Policemen from the Department for the Fight of Economic Crime of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Kielce detained a 43-year-old resident of Kielce, who can be involved in investment fraud “for cryptocurrencies”.
“Cryptocurrency” fraud
Every now and then the media write about fraud “for cryptocurrencies”. They consist in the fact that criminals urge their victims to transfer funds into “investment platforms”. Of course, in practice they rob them – then they cut off access to money and disappear.
The police described the last such case – a 42 -year -old inhabitant of Kielce, who, wanting to invest in Bitcoins, transferred USD 108,000 to a “brokerage account”. He did it after persuades from the “investment advisor” who contacted him. The finale of the case was as always, “suddenly contact with the broker broke off, the funds could not be recovered and the case was reported to the police.
The case was dealt with by officers fighting the economic crime of the Kielce headquarters, whose tedious work and a thorough analysis of cryptocurrency flows allowed to determine where the 42-year-old’s financial resources are. A dishonest broker at all costs tried to hide money and make it impossible to recover
– the services say.
Last week, policemen achieved a more important success: they detained a 43-year-old Kielce, who was secured at home with electronic equipment “used by him for cryptocurrency operations”.
The man has already heard the first complaint – fraud. He faces a penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment. The court applied a three -month detention on him.
How not to get fraudsters?
How not to get fraudsters? The easiest way is not to trust – no self -respecting cryptocurrency exchange has a client acquisition department using telemarketing. Of course, these companies are advertising, but they do not ask for contact numbers, which “advisor” is called.
In addition, never trust in “brilliant” investments: if someone promises you high and safe profit just lies. This is how fraudsters are promoted, whose goal is to steal your savings.
