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money invested in fake economy awaits reclaimation

by Shambhavi Soni
August 18, 2021 - Updated On September 4, 2021
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Millions of pounds invested in a fake economy and trade service are awaiting reclamation by legitimate owners throughout the world after scammers have passed through Manchester and been detected by the GMP.

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Specialized officers of the Economic Crime Unit of Greater Manchester Police seized a total of $22.25 million (equivalent to just over $16 million), following the intelligence of a USB club that contains huge volumes from Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency following BitCoin. In their opinion, online savings and trading were deposited by victimizers from the UK, the United States, Europe, China, Australia, and Hong Kong.

The scammers running the service waited until considerable money was deposited before their websites had been shut down and their own accounts had been transferred to the funds. The scammers have not disappeared for them without a trace, unfortunately.

Specialists were told that those operating the scheme had been in Manchester for only a few months and had been following them and retrieving a USB encrypted stick with $9.5 million of Ethereum stolen. For fraud and money laundering offenses a 23-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were arrested. Since then, they have been released.

A few days after they found a security deposit box in Cryptograph, effectively an online safe, and access to the code they found an additional $12,7 million. The total amount stolen was 90% of the cryptocurrency and efforts have now started to reconnect it with rightful owners, some of whom are still unknown and are located worldwide.

Increasingly popular are crystal currency saving and trading services, with projects providing incentives for people to invest considerable amounts of money to sell for profits. However, even the most experienced users can’t expect more and more smart criminals to exploit this trend.

Despite the work in the industry and use of cryptocurrency for years, a UK resident who wanted to remain anonymous was a victim of the scam. He lost hundreds of thousands of cryptocurrency value, but after recovery, he will now get 90% back of his fund. If funding remains unclaimed, 100% of the funds will be received.

He said: “Cryptoassets are often not understood worldwide, and thus are not taken seriously, as the technology is so new and complex.

“I am an experienced blockchain expert. I have all researched with friends who work in the development of programming to ensure that it is safe. At first, the hack really caught us. “The action of GMP reassured me so quickly that the United Kingdom moves into the future and changes as many countries do not. In the project I had a lot of money, I lost a lot. To get most of it back is such a relief.”

Recently, the Manchester Police increased funds for its Cyber and Economic Crime Departments for dealing with growing digital and online fraud cases.

The Asset Detention and Recovery unit has been given over £1.5 million of extra staff funding, including a detective inspector, a detective sergeant, investigative support officers, and financial investigators. both departments have been given the go-ahead to enhance their staff.

“Our lives are increasingly on the Internet, or on our mobile phone, and currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are often seen as a future when it comes to money and trading, said Detective Chief Inspector Joe Harrop of the Economic Crime Unit of Greater Manchester.

“A new kind of crime is coming and we are seeing an increasing number of opportunistic crimes trying to take advantage of these trends and any technological gaps that can be manipulated.

“It is important for us as a force to adapt to what is an emerging crime and to demonstrate that this fraudulent activity will have implications irrespective of the platform on which it is taking place.

“In fake websites and services organized crimes are becoming more sophisticated. Most of us could say that we have a text from an apparently known brand or bank and that it’s harder to tell whether it is the real deal than ever.

“This most recent case shows the enormous funds that we are dealing with, and can now  achieve the reach of these organized products – a whole world may be vulnerable to such exploitation, as shown in this case.”

We urge all those involved to use extreme caution and we are aware that important vulnerabilities and risks still exist that could jeopardize their savings.”

 

 

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