A resident of the Penza region lost 480 000 rubles when trying to make money on cryptocurrencies – Bits Media

50-Summer Russian woman from the village of Lermontovo Penza Region reported to the police about the loss 480 000 rubles - it turned out, The woman tried to make money on cryptocurrencies, However, the funds went to scammers.

Lermontovchanka became interested in investment in digital assets Thanks to the announcement in the messenger. She left her contacts, And soon an unknown man called a woman, who promised simple and quick earnings from investments in cryptocurrencies. And threw a certain link to the site to the future victim. A resident of the village from Penza started a digital wallet on her website and transferred 480,000 rubles from a personal bank account from a personal bank account. Soon after the "investment consultant" became unavailable, And the victim turned to the police.

It turned out there, that the victim had heard about such methods of fraud, But for some reason, she could not apply to her situation in time.

“A criminal case has been instituted on the grounds of a crime, provided for by part 3 Articles 159 Criminal Code (Fraud). The sanction provides for a punishment of imprisonment for up to six years ", - reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Penza region.

Now law enforcement agencies are trying to establish the identity of fraudsters.

Not so long ago in the Penza region they found
Four underground miners immediately, who were cooperated and jointly stole electricity for the extraction of cryptocurrencies.