A 56-year-old woman fell into the trap of "investment advertisement" and made a mistake on the Internet. In order to pay the security deposit, he borrowed about 5.5 million yuan from the bank, and was defrauded of about 16.6 million yuan.
After that, the scammer lost contact, and the female victim suspected that she had been deceived and reported the case, but no one has been arrested yet.
It is reported that the female victim is a senior executive of a company.
The police received a report from a 56-year-old woman surnamed Chen on Monday (3rd), saying that she obtained investment information through an advertisement on “LINE” on July 20, during which she knew a man who claimed to be an expert in cryptocurrency. From July to August this year, the online application has transferred about 8.8 million yuan worth of "Ethereum" and "Tether" to the electronic cryptocurrency account designated by the fraudsters ten times.
Afterwards, the scammers demanded a security deposit from the woman to withdraw the full principal amount.
The woman borrowed about 5.5 million more from the bank.
Together with the savings, the woman transferred a total of about 7.8 million yuan to the fraudster's electronic and encrypted currency account. However, he lost contact with the fraudster later, suspected of being deceived, and reported the case.
The total loss of the informant totaled about 16.6 million yuan.
After preliminary investigation, the case was classified as "obtaining property by deception" and was handed over to the Eastern District Police District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.