Kazan resident defrauded 101 million rubles by promising investments in cryptocurrencies

Authorities have opened a criminal case against a resident of Kazan for fraud, who extorted money from victims under the pretext of investing in the shares of various companies and in cryptocurrency.

According to “Tatar-Inform”, citing prosecutors, from 2015 to 2020 the suspect extorted about 101 million rubles from seven people.

He has partially admitted guilt and remains in custody.

Earlier, scammers duped 3 million rubles from a resident of Primorsky Krai who wanted to acquire cryptocurrency.

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