- Investigators are trying to find the allegedly “lost” $43 million
- The traces of this case lead to Kiev
- And Globix itself claims the money disappeared after hacking
The Gibraltar court has ordered several leading crypto exchanges to freeze accounts linked to the bankrupt cryptotrader Globix.
The ruling was obtained by Binance, Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Kraken.
The court report said that the exchange Binance must freeze transfers, and the other sites – to identify addresses associated with the defendant.
Scandal with Kiev roots
The company Globix offered investors earnings on a mechanism allegedly based on algorithms and blockchain.
But last June, the platform froze payments to its customers. They motivated it by a prolonged cryptozyma.
Management later claimed that the platform was the victim of a hacking attack and all assets were lost.
In response, Gibraltar launched an investigation, and uncovered a lot of interesting details.
They suspect that the company did not use any algorithms and misappropriated investors’ money. In addition, traces of the crime lead to Kiev.
Recently, our SBU arrested one of the defendants in the case in the capital.
In 2021 and 2022, Globix received millions of euros from investors, according to preliminary data.. Now investigators are trying to trace where these funds have gone.
We should remind you that at the beginning of April the SBU liquidated the Russian financial pyramid Life is good.. They robbed the Ukrainians of $40 million.