Detectives are investigating an internet scam that took advantage of the promise of profitable investments. A trusting woman lost one million six hundred thousand crowns.
“At the end of last year, a forty-three-year-old woman saw a deceptive advertisement on the Internet in which a well-known politician was apparently talking about profitable investments. She was so interested in the video that she registered after clicking on the link,” police spokesman Radomír Šiška explained the circumstances of the case.
Subsequently, the person in question received a call from a supposed financial advisor. He assured her that he would help her with the initial investment. According to the instructions, she made a deposit of several thousand. The man allegedly bought cryptocurrency for her and sent the valued money to her account.
She lost half a million. A woman from Kroměříž believed a cryptocurrency scammer
“That earned her trust. Therefore, she gave the alleged employee of the investment company remote access to her computer. Using this app, he set up an account for her in an investment app, where he bought cryptocurrencies for her with her permission,” the police spokesperson noted.
Hundreds of thousands of orders to foreign accounts
In this way, the woman entered hundreds of thousands of orders to various foreign accounts over the course of several months. In the second installed application, she received information about the current status of her imaginary account, in which graphs were shown showing the increasing appreciation of investments.
A fraudster with 22 foreclosures robbed people of more than five million. She pushed through the money
But the victim did not get the money.
“The financial adviser postponed the possibility of withdrawing the money for so long that he became silent. The defrauded woman has not yet received any disposal rights to her crypto-wallet, making her finances inaccessible,” added Radomír Šiška.
Unfortunately, the woman also lured another family member into dubious investments. Together, they lost one million six hundred thousand crowns in this way. The unknown perpetrator faces up to eight years behind bars for the crimes of fraud and unauthorized access and interference with a computer system.
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