Kazakhstan Police Shut Down ‘Fake Crypto Exchange’ and Arrest ‘Mastermind’
Police in Kazakhstan say they have shut down a suspected fraudulent crypto trading platform, with its alleged mastermind arrested. Per Nur.KZ, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that a “23-year-old man” had been...
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Per Nur.KZ, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that a “23-year-old man” had been arrested.
The man’s name begins with L, and he was born in 1999, the police added.
Police said L was “suspected of deceiving residents” in the city of Almaty by operating a fake cryptocurrency platform....
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