The US Treasury Department announced that three people were arrested for stealing millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies.
According to a statement from the US Department of Justice, the three arrested people steal other citizens’ credentials to buy cryptocurrencies, then bank their banks. convincing that they are the real swindlers was demanding a refund.
Damian Williams, one of the American prosecutors, said the following about the arrests:
“Esteban Cabrera Da Corte, Luis Hernandez Gonzalez, and Asdrubal Ramirez Meza used fake IDs to buy cryptocurrencies, manipulated the information of these transactions, and made banks in the US believe they were victims of fraud.”
According to the Treasury Department’s statements, these three individuals will use several American banks and one of the industry’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges in 2020. Cryptocurrency worth more than $4 million he bought.
While three persons do these operations, fake american passport, fake driver’s license and more different fake personal information used.
The Ministry said that the crypto money exchange used by these individuals was denied due to this fraud. Cryptocurrency worth over $3.5 million He stated that he lost. The name of the cryptocurrency exchange was not disclosed.
Cabrera, Hernandez and Ramirez face sentences of up to 50 years in total for multiple crimes.