Cryptocurrency investment scam costs Pakistani citizens some $100 million.
Investors from Pakistan have become victims of a massive fraud using cryptocurrency. The country’s main law enforcement agency has issued a notice to crypto exchange Binance in relation to the scam which resulted in the loss of $100 million dollars for Pakistanis, media reports revealed.Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency has uncovered a crypto investment scam that has allegedly cost Pakistani citizens some 17.7 billion rupees .
The fraudsters employed mobile apps offering Pakistanis crypto investment opportunities and people sent between $100 and $80,000, or an average of $2,000 per person. Investors were urged to register at Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange, and transfer the money from the Binance wallet to accounts linked to the applications. On Dec. 20, authorities were contacted by many users who complained that around a dozen apps had suddenly stopped working.
“The FIA Cyber Crime Sindh has issued order of attendance to Hamza Khan, General Manager/ Growth Analyst at Binance Pakistan to explain his position on the linkage of fraudulent online investment mobile applications with Binance,” the FIA said, quoted by the Express Tribune and other news outlets. “A relevant questionnaire has also been sent to Binance Headquarters Cayman Islands and Binance US to explain the same,” the agency added in a press release.
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