“Sumy cyber police officers exposed a 23-year-old man from Kyiv region, who appropriated money through a fake online platform disguised as a cryptocurrency exchange. According to law enforcement officers, the suspect had experience in IT and managed the website. In particular, he could change account balances, edit transactions history and mislead users by imitating cryptocurrency operations. The police noted that […]”, – WRITE: Businessua.com.ua
Sumy cyber police officers exposed a 23-year-old man from Kyiv region, who appropriated money through a fake online platform disguised as a cryptocurrency exchange.
According to law enforcement officers, the suspect had experience in IT and managed the website. In particular, he could change account balances, edit transactions history and mislead users by imitating cryptocurrency operations.
The police noted that this scheme was injured by a resident of Sumy, who tried to exchange $ 60,000 for BTC. The administrator persuaded the victim to register on the fake platform and transfer money that he actually assigned in full.
Subsequently, he suggested that the man to hold a second agreement to buy a bitcoin for $ 100,000. This time, law enforcement officers were waiting for a probable attacker who arrested him during the transfer of money.
Data: Cyber Police of Ukraine.
After the search, the administrator seized the funds, the phone and the car “Lexus”. The losses from his activity were estimated at ₴ 7.6 million.
The arrested reported suspected fraud of particularly large amounts (Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
We will remind, in early June the Cyber Police of Zaporizhzhia exposed a hacker that broke thousands of accounts of clients of the international hosting provider and used access for illegal mining of cryptocurrency on the equipment of the company.
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