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On December 19, 2023, the Almaty District Court sentenced two organizers of P2P transactions to a real term, considering them participants in a fraudulent scheme. This is reported by the Cartesius law agency.
The investigation against the defendants began a year and a half ago. According to the case file, two citizens conducted P2P transactions for cash, working through a counterparty. Later it became clear that part of the funds came from pensioners who became victims of telephone fraudsters.
According to the lawyers, the exchange organizers were involved in the triangle scheme without their knowledge. Nevertheless, law enforcement officers charged them with complicity in the commission of fraud and collusion with intruders.
The defense team provided full information on each cryptocurrency sale transaction: correspondence with counterparties, transaction hashes in the Tron network, the movement of the exchange's funds to centralized exchanges, as well as the movement of bitcoins purchased by telephone scammers at the expense of deceived victims.
However, the investigation and the court ignored this information, according to Cartesius lawyers.
According to the court opinion, correspondence with contractors is "proof that the accused were personally acquainted with unidentified persons and had a joint criminal intent." Witness statements about the legality of exchange operations are regarded as "refuting the defensive position of the accused".
As a result, the court sentenced the defendants to six years and eight months in prison. The defendants pleaded not guilty — the defense filed an appeal.
Recall that in February 2023, a court in the Russian Federation found a participant in a P2P transaction guilty of fraud.
The investigation against the defendants began a year and a half ago. According to the case file, two citizens conducted P2P transactions for cash, working through a counterparty. Later it became clear that part of the funds came from pensioners who became victims of telephone fraudsters.
According to the lawyers, the exchange organizers were involved in the triangle scheme without their knowledge. Nevertheless, law enforcement officers charged them with complicity in the commission of fraud and collusion with intruders.
The defense team provided full information on each cryptocurrency sale transaction: correspondence with counterparties, transaction hashes in the Tron network, the movement of the exchange's funds to centralized exchanges, as well as the movement of bitcoins purchased by telephone scammers at the expense of deceived victims.
However, the investigation and the court ignored this information, according to Cartesius lawyers.
According to the court opinion, correspondence with contractors is "proof that the accused were personally acquainted with unidentified persons and had a joint criminal intent." Witness statements about the legality of exchange operations are regarded as "refuting the defensive position of the accused".
As a result, the court sentenced the defendants to six years and eight months in prison. The defendants pleaded not guilty — the defense filed an appeal.
Recall that in February 2023, a court in the Russian Federation found a participant in a P2P transaction guilty of fraud.
