A local resident contacted the Northern Police Department of the city of Kursk. For about a month he talked with “investment consultants” and “invested” 2,700,000 rubles in cryptocurrency, but now he has lost access to the funds.

As the 33-year-old Kursk resident said, he came to the idea of ​​investing in cryptocurrencies after communicating on a certain Internet platform. Investment consultants convinced the victim that cryptocurrencies were the best way to improve his financial situation, and they would “help” him not to go broke when investing in digital assets.

“After the correspondence, a series of ill-considered financial investments followed. Unknown persons offered the man to make money by implementing a large project for the purchase and sale of cryptocurrency. Intrusiveness and rush for time did not give rise to any concerns. On the contrary, the victim strictly followed the actions of strangers, as a result of which he lost over 2,700,000 rubles,” reported the press service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kursk region.

Now the police are trying to identify the scammers. A criminal case was initiated under the article of fraud on an especially large scale.

In early November, a 33-year-old resident of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk lost a similar amount while investing in cryptocurrencies.