According to investigators, the 20-year-old suspect created a page on the social network, which offered services for investing in cryptocurrencies. A 22-year-old resident of the Mikhailovsky district of the Volgograd region “pecked” at the advertisements. During the correspondence, the fraudster convinced the victim to transfer 1 million rubles, promising significant profits.
After the victim began to demand profit and the initial deposit, the scammer simply blocked him on the social network and changed his phone number. After that, a complaint was made to the police. Law enforcement agencies reported that they were able to identify the perpetrator and detain him. He confessed to the crime and said that he spent the money on equipment and other things.
A criminal case was opened under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Fraud on an especially large scale”, and the suspect was placed under arrest. He faces up to 10 years in prison. Now investigators are trying to determine the involvement of the arrested person in other similar crimes.
In February, it was reported that a resident of Tobolsk transferred 5.6 million rubles to cryptocurrency scammers.
Source: Bits
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