On May 11, two Chinese citizens and an Argentine citizen were detained for participating in a crypto investment scam in Argentina. According to local media reports, police cracked down on the operation, raiding a supermarket used as a facade for an illegal cryptocurrency mine and seizing dozens of graphics cards.
The Argentine citizen, identified as Fernando Barbatelli, allegedly stole another citizen's identity to offer cryptocurrency investment opportunities to a Chilean citizen and a Mexican citizen, tricking the victims into putting in 20 bitcoins (worth $1.25 million).
The investigation found that one of the detained Chinese nationals used his cryptocurrency wallet to transfer more than $100 million in funds over the past two years. While the Chinese national was only charged for participating in the scheme, sources said money laundering charges could be included due to the scale of the activity.
Argentina detains 3 suspected 1.25 million dollar crypto scam promoters or implicated in over 100 million dollar money laundering
2024-05-11 05:57:26
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