European law-enforcement authorities dismantled a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. Eurojust said in a statement Eurojust.
According to the agency, the suspects ran call centres from Serbia and used technological infrastructure in Bulgaria. Preliminary data indicate that the base for laundering funds was Cyprus.
The group attracted potential investors to digital assets. The victims were residents of Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Australia and Canada. Their exact number is not disclosed. The amount of damage, according to Eurojust, is in the tens of millions of euros.
During the operation, law-enforcement authorities arrested 14 people in Serbia and one in Germany. They seized 150 computers, three vehicles, two luxury apartments, $1 million in cryptocurrency and €50,000 in cash.
Earlier in December 2022, Italian and Albanian law enforcement authorities, with Eurojust’s support, uncovered a fraud involving investments in digital assets.
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