A local resident of Kaliningrad Oblast turned to law enforcement authorities after losing over 5.5 million rubles trying to profit from trading securities and cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n
According to the \u041c\u0412\u0414<\/a>, the victim discovered online brokerage sites. She interacted with several ‘brokers’ \u2014 when the woman turned a profit, one of the ‘financial specialists’ advised her to start trading cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n He advised conducting the trading through his acquaintance.<\/p>\n \u00abThe Kaliningrad woman not only transferred over 5.5 million rubles to the scammers’ accounts, but also mortgaged her apartment as collateral for a loan\u00bb, \u2014 said the Interior Ministry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n After the victim was unable to withdraw her funds after several attempts, and the ‘broker’ cited unforeseen circumstances, demanding further transfers, she turned to the police.<\/p>\n An inquiry is underway into the report, with investigators considering whether to initiate a criminal case.<\/p>\n Earlier, cryptocurrency scammers swindled another Kaliningrad resident 1.3 million rubles<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n