Venezuelan citizen faked his kidnapping to steal BTC on $1.15 million – Bits Media

Venezuela's National Police Department is looking for 23-year-old man, who allegedly staged his own theft to steal cryptocurrency.

According to the statement of the director of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Venezuelan Police, Douglas Rico (Douglas Rico), the authorities are looking for a fraudster, who allegedly faked his abduction, to steal bitcoins worth $1.15 mln.

Andres Jesus Dos Santos Hernandez (Andrés Jesús Dos Santos Hernández) told people, которые ранее доверили ему свои BTC для использования в схеме увеличения дохода, that the cryptocurrency was stolen. According to Hernandez, его похитили и заставили переводить активы с биржи Binance на многочисленные адреса.

The authorities believe, that this story is a cover for Hernandez's fraudulent activities, who decided to hide with cryptoassets. Now his location is unknown. Presumably he went into hiding with bitcoins worth $1.15 million.

At the beginning of summer, information appeared, that the founders of the South African investment platform AfriCrypt Amir and Rais Keiji (Amir и Raees Kajee) stolen 69 000 BTC пользователей. However, AfriCrypt founders deny these allegations..