Irish Police Investigate Massive Bitcoin Scam That Allegedly Stole Millions From High-Net-Worth Individuals News Bitcoin News – Bitcoin News

Irish police are on high alert due to the rising number of cases related to a bitcoin-related scam targeting high-net-worth people in the country. The situation has become worrisome because suspicious high-value transactions have already been noticed by authorities.

According to The Irish Times, Garda (Irelands police) investigates what they consider a major crypto scam whose criminals could be residing in the country. A local bank already raised concerns about a suspicious transaction of 500,000 euros ($586,500) from a dormant account.

After inquiries conducted by Garda on the older customer who wanted to invest such an amount of money into what he believed was a legit crypto business opportunity, he accepted the polices advice to not send the fiat money.

But per the media outlet, it seems other similar transactions took place before they acted to block the 500,000 euros move to the criminals wallet. In fact, the victim wanted to exchange the money into cryptos and then deposit it into a bitcoin (BTC) wallet belonging allegedly to the scammers.

Although no arrests have been made as of press time, Irish police already searched on a property in south Dublin, allegedly tied to some suspects.

The report says mobile phones, computers, cash, designer handbags, and jewelry was found and seized by the authorities.

Moreover, investigations are focused on how the criminals some of them are allegedly foreign nationals and based in Dublin approached the victims and gained their confidence.

Police are worried about the destination of some of the funds received by the ostensible bitcoin scammers, as theyre trying to determine how much money was exchanged into fiat and if its being held on overseas bank accounts. Still, Garda believes funds could have reached several million.

Pat Lordan, an official of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, issued the following warning:

One case involved a retired professional from the midlands who lost his entire pension and savings of nearly 250,000. Our advice is simple: dont respond to unsolicited approaches, be wary of wild claims, and never ever let anyone have remote access to your computer.

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