Cryptocurrency Investment Scam via SNS: ¥1.07 Million Lost.

Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".

By AI of "Isesaki FM".

On the 22nd, Kiryu Police Station announced that a 62-year-old male company executive living in Midori City had been defrauded of 1.07 million yen worth of crypto assets through investment fraud via social media, a so-called "SNS-type investment fraud". Around February 20th, he met a person who claimed to be a female stockbroker through investment-related information. He was then told that "your investment amount will be multiplied tenfold". On the following day, the 21st, at the instruction of another person, he opened an account to purchase crypto assets and transferred a total of 1.07 million yen in two transactions for investment purposes and withdrawals.