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Gardaí believe millions of euro invested in suspected Bitcoin fraud
Investigation launched as high-net-worth individuals encouraged into making investment
www.irishtimes.com
Gardaí believe high-net-worth people have been encouraged into investing millions in Bitcoin by people who are now suspected of taking control of their cryptocurrency accounts, or “wallets” as the accounts are known.
The Irish Times understands that at least one bank became concerned when an older customer made moves to transfer large sums of money, believed to be in the region of €500,000 per transaction, from an account that had not been accessed for years.