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According to the investigation, in May 2023, a girl wrote to a 27-year-old resident of the Braslav district in a messenger. The man supported the conversation by answering questions about himself. As soon as the interlocutor found out that he would like to invest, she instantly told about her acquaintance who could help him earn money without investment and offered to earn money through an online exchange. Then the fraudsters worked according to a well-established scheme. A local resident followed all the recommendations of the pseudo-curator: he found the Internet resource indicated by them, went through the registration procedure, and began to transfer money to a brokerage account.
In the account, the man saw that his balance was increasing. This inspired a resident of the Braslav district to invest large sums. By December 2023, according to the Internet resource, earnings were 138 thousand US dollars. Then the victim decided to withdraw funds to his account. However, the scammers had other plans. Under the pretext of paying the tariff, obtaining a "federal seal" and brokerage connection, the man transferred another 11.5 thousand euros.
Only when a resident of the Braslav district lost over 20.5 thousand euros and more than 480 US dollars, he began to read reviews about the brokerage firm. As a rule, they were negative, the headlines of the articles said that the company was fraudulent. In addition, the attackers stopped getting in touch with him.
The victim turned to law enforcement agencies.
The Braslav District Department of the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 209 (fraud committed on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Currently, investigative actions and operational-search measures are being carried out to identify the persons who committed this crime.
In the account, the man saw that his balance was increasing. This inspired a resident of the Braslav district to invest large sums. By December 2023, according to the Internet resource, earnings were 138 thousand US dollars. Then the victim decided to withdraw funds to his account. However, the scammers had other plans. Under the pretext of paying the tariff, obtaining a "federal seal" and brokerage connection, the man transferred another 11.5 thousand euros.
Only when a resident of the Braslav district lost over 20.5 thousand euros and more than 480 US dollars, he began to read reviews about the brokerage firm. As a rule, they were negative, the headlines of the articles said that the company was fraudulent. In addition, the attackers stopped getting in touch with him.
The victim turned to law enforcement agencies.
The Braslav District Department of the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case under Part 4 of Article 209 (fraud committed on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. Currently, investigative actions and operational-search measures are being carried out to identify the persons who committed this crime.
