Suspect scams cured financial cryptocurrency

Also the house of the 25-year-old man's friend was searched. She is suspected of money laundering. The woman was not arrested. A friend of the 25-year-old suspect was also arrested. He drove the suspect's car with a sack of 17,000 euros in cash

Suspicious Transactions

The investigation into alleged fraudulent practices stems from reports from banks to the Financial Intelligence Unit on suspicious transactions. The suspect offered to invest in online cryptocurrency trading. According to the FIOD, investors have invested nearly five million euros. Only half a million of them would have been spent on the purchase of cryptocurrency.

In a few cases, the suspect took cash from ATMs immediately after the investor's deposit. In addition, more than EUR 700,000 has been transferred to his bank accounts at home and abroad. On several bank accounts of his girlfriend, more than 70,000 euros were deposited, according to the FIOD