The Civil Guard is investigating an individual in Alicante for alleged fraud related to fake cryptocurrency investments. The complaint was filed online through the Civil Guard’s Electronic Headquarters via the National Office for Electronic Complaints Reception (ON-RED), and the inquiry, coordinated by the Cyber Command, traced the funds to several ATMs in the province. From that moment, the Cyber Command’s Team, a unit specialized in cybercrime investigation, took over the investigation.
According to the account of events, the victim was contacted via social media by someone posing as a technical service employee of a well-known cryptocurrency exchange platform. Under the promise of high returns, the supposed advisor instructed the victim to make several transfers to invest in crypto assets. The fraudsters used social engineering tactics, specifically an email-phishing method, by which they impersonated the platform’s email account to make it appear that the operations were backed by the company. With this ruse, they managed to create a false sense of legitimacy and convince the victim to make the transfers.
The investigation allowed the reconstruction of the traceability of the money invested by the complainant. This analysis was key to clarifying the fraud and identifying the origin of the financial movements. Finally, officers from the Santa Pola Civil Guard Main Post located the alleged perpetrator, who was reportedly caught withdrawing the money from the scam at various ATMs in Alicante. The proceedings have been submitted to the judicial authorities, while the investigation remains open to determine if there are more victims or possible accomplices in this scheme.
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