A resident of Krasnodar was arrested on suspicion of fraud with cryptocurrencies – Bits Media

The Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Volgograd region reported, that the police detained a resident of Krasnodar, which is suspected of cryptocurrency fraud in the amount 1 million rubles.

According to investigators, 20-Summer suspect created a page on a social network, on which offered investment services in cryptocurrencies. 22-year-old resident of the Mikhailovsky district of the Volgograd region “pecked” for advertisements. During the correspondence, the fraudster convinced the victim to translate 1 million rubles, promising significant profits.

After that, how the victim began to demand profit and the original deposit, The fraudster simply blocked him on the social network and changed his phone number. After that, an application was submitted to the police. Law enforcement agencies reported, that they managed to establish the identity of the criminal and detain him. He confessed to the crime and told, that I spent money on equipment and other things.

A criminal case has been instituted under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Fraud on an especially large scale", and the suspect is placed under arrest. He threatens before 10 years of imprisonment. Now investigators are trying to determine the involvement of the arrested in other similar crimes.

In February it was reported, that a resident of Tobolsk transferred cryptocurrency scammers 5,6 million rubles.