The United States cracks on coding, as it dates back to 8.2 million dollars to the victims
Victims of the “wrong number” fraud throughout the United States, including Ohio, gets a form of justice thanks to the latest American authorities’ initiatives. According to the Federal Investigation Office (FBI), 33 victims of fraud in the countryIncluding the city of a teacher, identified. Court documents reveal that the victims have lost more than $ 4.9 million, and that the FBI is currently specifying five other accounts and owners who represent potential victims.
Also, the US Prosecutor’s Office in the northern region of Ohio submitted a civil complaint requesting the confiscation of 8,207,578 dreams of about 8.2 million dollars. The authorities revealed that the victims were convinced to invest in the coded currency fraud through messages using random phone numbers.
The fraud process target
The FBI and the US Prosecutor’s Office in the Northern Ohio region is working as additional work to bring fraudsters to justice. According to the court documents and the stories of the victims, Fraudulent Send them messages from random numbers, protesting that they had reached the wrong number.
After that, the recipients will be authenticated to obtain their confidence and persuade them to invest in the coded currency fraud. According to the Federal Investigation Office, 33 victims have already been identified, and five others are considered, with losses exceeding $ 6 million.
From Crypto.com to another portfolio
Ah, one of the victims of his teacher, Ohio, participated in how she arrived in the fraudulent. She participated that the deception sent her a message in November 2023, and soon they started exchanging messages about religion and hobbies, which she believed to be residing in Seattle, Washington.
After getting her confidence, the deceased persuaded her to consider digital currency investments. “AH” revealed that she had invested $ 250,000 in the project after she was asked to create an account in Crypto.com and delivery to the stock exchange. Then, she added that she was directed to send money to a specific encryption address.
Investigators are looking for Blockchain data to track money
After receiving the complaint from “AH”, the investigators immediately reviewed the transactions and followed them on Blockchain. The Internet Crime Complaints Center of the Federal Investigation Office led the investigations, and the team discovered that some of the missing funds were replaced for the card. After obtaining a federal attack, Tether immediately complied, freezing money, and immediately transformed these authorities into the authorities.
On February 27, the American lawyer, OHio Carol Skutnik, and American lawyer Morford, asked to transfer all the money to three encryption addresses so that they can facilitate the return of money to the victims of fraud.
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