Two men were arrested in Guárico state, Venezuela; for being related to an alleged cryptocurrency scam. This was announced by the director of the Scientific and Criminal Investigations Corps (Cicpc) in his account of Instagram, Douglas Rico, this October 21, 2021.
Officials attached to the municipal delegation of San Juan de los Morros arrested the two subjects who were engaged in fraud and scam with crypto assets through the cryptocurrency exchange application Binance.
The subjects were identified by the CICPC delegation as Leonardo Manuel RodrĂguez BolĂvar, 21 years old, and AarĂłn Sinahe YĂ©pez Paredes, 27 years old; who were dedicated to swindle of cryptocurrencies, as can be read in the official’s account.
Director Douglas Rico pointed out a third subject of the criminal gang named Wilker Alfredo Hernández BolĂvar, 20 years old, “which is wanted and requested for several dishonest crimes and apparently it is the one that was dedicated to the illicit transactions of the criminal gang for the purchases of crypto assets on the Binance platform ”.
The modus operandi of the scammers outlined in the account of the director of the police entity was as follows: “The victims received the alleged payments for the purchase of the cryptocurrencies and the affected party, realizing that said transaction was blocked, did not find the identity of the person who was making the transaction.
These subjects, who verified that they had the digital currency in their possession, blocked the money and then proceeded with the withdrawal to their bank accounts and thus managed to scam their victims without any type of tracking. “
The delegation of the body of investigations and criminology announced that these subjects had a double identity on the Binance platform and thus they could achieve their mission with peace of mind and without any impunity.
At the time of the capture of the two subjects, he was found in his possession USD 1,133 that came from the scams they carried out, a laptop where they made their transactions and two mobile phones; which will be subjected to computer expertise to determine the modus operandi of this criminal gang that used the Binance platform to commit a crime and enrich themselves illegally.
Venezuela’s Criminal and Scientific Investigations Corps (CICPC) reveals that it is not the first time that a case of this magnitude has happened. The detective body is behind the capture and whereabouts of Jesus Dos Santos Hernandez for the alleged theft of USD 1,500,000 through the same Binance platform.
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