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The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has announced that its securities division is investigating fraud on the Nasdaq cryptocurrency platform, which appears to be affiliated with the major American stock exchange Nasdaq.
The department received a complaint from a certain investor who recognized the Nasdaq crypto platforms from a message from an unknown person on Facebook. The unlucky investor contacted this person via Whatsapp and, as a result of negotiations, transferred $200,000. After the transfer, the size of the fictitious "crypto investment account" on the fake Nasdaq stack rose to about $659,000. The investor tried to withdraw part of the funds, but faced the requirement to pay a withdrawal fee and taxes. The investor could not pay.
DFI explained that the victim was a victim of "prepaid fraud" - when criminals use groups on social networks to attract and advise potential victims. The Nasdaq stock exchange is not associated with a fake platform and does not offer cryptocurrency trading on its platform, the DFI noted.
The department received a complaint from a certain investor who recognized the Nasdaq crypto platforms from a message from an unknown person on Facebook. The unlucky investor contacted this person via Whatsapp and, as a result of negotiations, transferred $200,000. After the transfer, the size of the fictitious "crypto investment account" on the fake Nasdaq stack rose to about $659,000. The investor tried to withdraw part of the funds, but faced the requirement to pay a withdrawal fee and taxes. The investor could not pay.
DFI explained that the victim was a victim of "prepaid fraud" - when criminals use groups on social networks to attract and advise potential victims. The Nasdaq stock exchange is not associated with a fake platform and does not offer cryptocurrency trading on its platform, the DFI noted.
