According to the statement made by the British police, in an incident where millions of pounds of crypto money were stolen, the victims got back 4 million pounds of crypto money they lost.
Financial crime teams in Manchester were set up in July 2021 as part of an investigation underway. millions of pounds worth Ethereum (ETH) He had seized several USBs containing
These coins belong to crypto money investors living in countries such as the USA, Australia, UK and China, these investors Binance Smart Chain infrastructure and investors a platform that makes false promises was found to have been scammed.
The organization operating the platform After a large amount of money has been deposited coins to their personal accounts, stole investors’ money.
As a result of the investigation carried out by the police teams, first $9.5 million Several USBs containing ETH, and a few days after that. $12.7 million They took over the other wallet that contained cryptocurrencies.
Some investors who were victims of the incident after the money was seized by the authorities contact police teams passed. According to the statement made by Manchester police, they contacted them. 23 out of 150 investors have been authenticated and so far More than £4m was returned.
Inspector Joe Harrop of the Financial Crimes Division, “Fortunately, we have been able to return more than £4m to 23 people and we are continuing to work to return more.” saying, Investors who lost their money in this incident to contact them invited.
In order to get the money back of the victims of the incident the name of the platform where they deposit their money, the name of the institution they report to and addresses of the wallets they use they should report it to the authorities.