Greed always breaks the sack
For eight years, the Swede Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson, has managed to manipulate and deceive thousands of people with alleged investments in bitcoin. Between 2011 and 2019, the scammer operated at will that he was arrested in Thailand and then extradited to the United States.
Now, the United States Department of Justice has announced that the subject has been sentenced to 15 years for capturing false investments and generating more than $ 16 million.
In total, Jonas Karlsson deceived 3,575 people, he acknowledged the scammer himself during the hearings. The offender has been convicted of money crimes, wire fraud, and securities fraud. The sentence was not greater since the defendant was guilty on March 4.
The fraudster's modus operandi was to promote the purchase of shares in Eastern Metal Securities. Jonas Karlsson promised high returns by "investing" the funds obtained in BTC in the gold market. However, the subject used cryptocurrencies to purchase personal property.
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According to the US justice agency, Karlsson targeted precarious investors ", which would have caused financial difficulties for some of them. Furthermore, in order to continue catching potential victims, the scammer changed the name of his alleged service.
The intention was to offer "new guarantees" and escape investors due to late payments. The scammer's plot turned to lies when he let his victims know that he was working together with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC.
From now on, the condemned will have to return the funds obtained, leave the tourist complex, give up other properties and bank accounts.
People involved in this capture scam must fill out a form first to collect the funds. The District Attorney for the Northern District of California also to the victims to contact them to channel these
The cryptocurrency ecosystem is often used by companies to mislead people on behalf of bitcoin.
I hope and wish that no one in this community has fallen into this deception.
Hello friend, unfortunately these things will continue to happen, because people want quick money and do not seek to educate themselves. In addition, with the advent of the internet these cases of scams increased, because not being in person to negotiate, it is easier for people to be deceived.
Eso es logico, pero la gente que invierten parecen de no investigar un poco y van a loco, cuando pasa esto, estoy seguro que son a persona mayores que no saben nada de esto, por que a persona como tu o yo seguro que no invertimos
Nothing in this life is easy, and for those who are greedy and want quick money always fall into this kind of things, they are different of them online especially about investment, there are alot of them here in Nigeria I just hope individual will wake up and face reality.
But not only is the person who does it, I think it is more greedy the person who invests, or not?