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Date published: 13 August 2021
A sum of $22.25 million (equivalent to just over £16 million) has been seized by specialist officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Economic Crime Unit
Millions of pounds invested in a fake savings and trading service lies waiting to be claimed by rightful owners across the world, after scammers passed through Manchester and were detected by Greater Manchester Police.
A sum of $22.25 million (equivalent to just over £16 million) was seized by specialist officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Economic Crime Unit, after intelligence led to the discovery of USB sticks containing huge amounts of Ethereum, the second largest Crypto currency after BitCoin.
Victims based in the UK, United States, Europe, China, Australia and Hong Kong had deposited…
