A new case of fraud and extortion of a large sum of money that exceeds 80 thousand euros, is being investigated by the Police, following a complaint submitted to the Nicosia CID by a 73-year-old man.
According to the complaint submitted today to the Nicosia CID, last July, the 73-year-old man was contacted through an online telecommunications application by an unknown woman, who introduced herself to him as an employee of the Greek branch of an investment company based in a European country. The suspect informed him about various investment programmes provided by the company through an online platform and encouraged him to invest in them. After the 73-year-old initially mentioned to the suspect that he had already invested money on another platform, the suspect urged him to invest money through her company's platform so that he could compare the return on his investments, since, as the suspect told him, this is what most investors do.
The 73-year-old man was persuaded and according to the complaint submitted to the police, he gave access to the unknown woman so that she could connect to his computer through an online application and create an investment account on his behalf on her company's investment platform. The 73-year-old then transferred from his bank account the total amount of EUR 84,000 to six bank accounts in foreign banks, as the suspect woman had indicated to him, in order to invest the money in cryptocurrencies, oil and precious metals.
At the end of November, when the 73-year-old contacted the unknown woman and indicated that he wished to cash in cryptocurrencies in which he had invested 49,000 euros, the suspect cut off all communication with him, leading him to suspect that he had been deceived.
Nicosia CID is investigating the case.
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