Fraudsters contacted the victims, mainly with the elderly, and gradually established a trusting relationship with them. Ultimately, the scammers offered them a “business idea”-invest in cryptocurrencies. The victims were convinced to invest in a fake investment application, and having received funds, scammers simply broke off the connection and disappeared.
So, in the period from November 2023 to March 2024, the creators of NFT-UNI.com convinced the victim from Warren County to transfer money to their platform, assuring the legality of investments. After receiving the deposit, the attackers “scattered” this money on various bank accounts to hide the source of funds. In total, the investor lost $ 172 405.
As for the other victims injured from the NFT-Uni cryptocurler, the total amount of their losses was approximately $ 4.5 million. The NFT-Uni.com domain has already been blocked by law enforcement officers. In May 2024, the US Secret Service liquidated another OKEX-NFT.NET domain, which was used in a similar scheme for the theft of cryptocurrencies.
In March, New York legislators proposed toughening the criminal punishment for crypto-mesh. Violators may face a fine of up to $ 5 million and imprisonment for up to 20 years.
Source: Bits

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