They thought he was a very skilled financial broker, but he was just a commonplace con man.
Two brothers from Monserrato, aged 40 and 42, lost tens of thousands of euros by entrusting them to the alleged financial wizard who was supposed to invest them in cryptocurrencies.
A scam that went on for over six years. In 2016, the two came into contact with the scammer, tracked down on the web.
Since then they have entrusted him with ever increasing amounts of money for the purchase of cryptocurrencies, convinced by the man himself that it was a bargain.
However, as often happens, the alleged broker evaporated at a certain point and there was not even a shadow of cryptocurrencies left.
The carabinieri of the Monserrato station, following the complaint, started the investigation and tracked down the "finance wizard". It is a 52-year-old from Calabria already known to the police: little consolation for the two freelancers, who will hardly be able to recover even a part of the tens of thousands of euros they have lost. As often happens, in fact, the scammer turns out to be destitute.
(Unioneonline/L)
