A 28-year-old resident of the Belarusian capital contacted the law enforcement agencies of Minsk – while trying to invest in cryptocurrencies, he was deceived out of 65,000 Belarusian rubles ($20,500).

According to the victim, back in January last year he met a girl via messenger. After some period of communication, she told the Minsk resident about profitable ways to make money on cryptocurrencies. The victim became interested and registered on the platforms using the links provided to him by the “brokers.”

After purchasing cryptocurrencies and transferring them to the wallets of “investment platforms,” he began to receive interest. Then he took out a loan from the bank and also sent money to the scammers. In total, the victim invested about 65,000 Belarusian rubles. When a month later he decided to look at his profitability, his wallets were empty, and the accounts of the girl and the “broker representatives” were blocked.

Now law enforcement agencies in Minsk are trying to establish the identities of the scammers. A criminal case has been initiated under Part 4 of Art. 209 (fraud on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

Last October, another Minsk resident almost lost $40,000 when buying cryptocurrencies.