Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said the case was one of the state’s first successful civil suits against Internet scammers operating internationally.
Earlier, the police received a complaint from a local resident who claimed that Nigerian Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi promised him big profits from investing in digital currencies. The gullible investor transferred his crypto assets to her, which the fraudster subsequently appropriated.
Akinyemi was sued for fraud under the Kansas Consumer Protection Act. The court ordered the scammer to pay full damages and a fine, and the attorney general’s office was able to confiscate the stolen digital assets. The scammer’s crypto wallet contained $28,900 worth of bitcoins and other crypto assets worth about $4,000 in total.
A few days ago, the US Securities and Futures Commission (CFTC) returned $18 million to investors who lost money in the fraudulent crypto fund Ikkurty Capital. Last year, the US Department of Justice promised to pay compensation of more than $17 million to 800 investors who suffered from the crypto pyramid BitConnect.
Source: Bits
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