Man dangles promises of ‘high profit’ dealing in cryptocurrencies, then ‘customer service’ demands fee to unlock account, bringing costly ‘romance’ to an end.
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Hong Kong-Macao gang repeatedly bought crypto with money from online scams, resold it overseas and withdrew the profits from ATMs.
CEO Changpeng Zhao says company’s goal ‘is to grow adoption of crypto around the world to generate a positive impact for users and society in general’.
Hi-tech finance company – which has attracted censure in US, UK, Thailand and Japan – hails Portugal as Europe’s tech hub.
As Latin America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, 2TM views acquisition as gateway to European market.
Four local men were arrested last week for setting up a plot to cheat an overseas Chinese out of the equivalent of HK$15 million in a cryptocurrency deal.
Frederico dos Santos Rosario a shareholder of a Hong Kong-based technology company arrested Monday by the Macau Judiciary Police over a cryptocurrency investment scam was released today on bail.
The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man yesterday over a cryptocurrency investment scam, in which 71 locals have lost a total of 14.2 million patacas, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters Monday.
Up to Thursday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) had contacted 32 victims in a suspected cryptocurrency investment scam, with total losses amounting to at least HK$12.4 million, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular news briefing in Zape Thursday.
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