Six people suspected of fraud through fraudulent investments of crypto-assets, and money laundering in an organized gang, were arrested in Israel, said Thursday, April 14 the prosecution of the Interregional Specialized Jurisdiction (Jirs) of Bordeaux, originally of the investigation.
To discover
LIVE - Presidential election: follow the campaign between the two rounds
Presidential 2022: find here the result of the first round of the election
Read alsoFrançois d'Orcival: "When Silicon Valley becomes an incubator of scams"
The suspects are accused of having defrauded, between 2018 and 2019, a total of 12 million euros from more than 500 victims via fraudulent investments on false investment platforms in crypto-assets and on a site counterfeiting a civil society of asset management, detailed in a press release the prosecutor of the Republic of Bordeaux, Frédérique Porterie.
Accounts opened in Europe
According to investigators from Jirs de Bordeaux, the funds were placed in accounts opened in Europe, mainly in Portugal, “
before breakdown
” in Asia and Turkey.
Part of the funds withdrawn from the victims were then laundered by "
purchasing gold in Turkey, for the benefit of a jeweler established in Jerusalem
", still according to the prosecution.
The suspects were arrested and their homes searched on Monday in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Eilat by the Israeli police on a request for mutual criminal assistance sent by the Jirs de Bordeaux.
Read alsoThe unprecedented role of cryptos in the war in Ukraine
"
This operation bears witness to the reinforced judicial and police cooperation between the French and Israeli authorities
" and "
also means that criminals acting from abroad to the detriment of French victims are not beyond the reach of legal action
" , welcomed Frédérique Porterie.