Cryptocurrency trader robbed of $448,700 in Hong Kong

After a cryptocurrency sale, a Hong Kong woman was robbed of $448,700. The South China Morning Post reported this.

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The buyer of digital currency invited the trader to the office of a shopping mall to complete the deal. She transferred USDT tokens and received HK$3.5 million in cash.

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After completing the transaction, three men ran from a nearby room and, threatening with a knife, took the victim’s money and smartphone. They locked the woman in the office, and all four fled. She called her husband on a second phone, and he alerted the police.

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Earlier, the trader had conducted several successful deals with this buyer. According to the police, criminals used this method to win the victim’s trust.

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According to law enforcement authorities, the office had recently been leased on a short-term basis.

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Earlier in December, the seller of bitcoins was robbed of 12 million rubles in a Moscow pub.

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