Venezuelan accused of alleged bitcoin scam
The legal representative of the businessman Gaspare Di Campo Salermo denounced the misappropriation of 300 thousand dollars in cryptocurrency
The Venezuelan Public Ministry received a complaint against José Alejandro Figueira de Abreu for the alleged crimes of fraud and money laundering by appropriating 7.9 bitcoins representing more than 300 thousand dollars.
The complaint was made this Thursday by the lawyer of the businessman Gaspare Di Campo Salermo, who hired the services of Figueira de Abreu, in 2018, as a specialized broker to manage investments in cryptocurrencies.
One yerar later, the businessman asked the defendant for the earnings of his investment, but to date he has not received any type of benefits, nor the capital contributed to make said investment, demanding the return of his cryptocurrencies or its equivalent in foreign currency.
Legal measures
There are various actions that the judicial authorities apply in the investigation of these crimes. The legal representative of the complainant requested the verification of the emails, bitcoin wallets, and the tracking of the different mobile applications on the defendant’s devices.
He has also asked for the blocking of the different bank account and the confiscation of the defendant’s property and real estate, in addition to the issuance of an urgent arrest warrant against Figueira de Abreu.
M. Rodríguez
Fuente: criptonoticias
