These Brazilian football players were victims of a crypto fraud (report)
These Brazilian football players were victims of a crypto fraud (report)
The Professional Brazilian football players-Gustavo Scarpa, Mayke Rocha de Oliveira and Willian Bigode-have reportedly lost over $ 5 million because they have invested in a supposedly fraudulent cryptocurrency company called Xland.
The company said it did not do a snowball system and promised to compensate the victims.
Athletes have been victims
Scarpa-Brazilian football player who plays for the Premier League club Nottingham Forest-and Mayke Rocha de Oliveira (better known as Mayke)-which competes with the Brazilian Serie-Team Palmeiras-were supposed to be Data press-spaces = "True"> pushed by Willian Bigode as investors at Xland.
The platform promised returns of up to 5 % per month, but it seems as if it had used up the investment of the players. Scarpa distributed 6.3 million reais (about $ 1.2 million), while Mayke separated from 4 million reais (about $ 757,000). Both players filed a complaint with the police a few months ago. Scarpa recently commented:
"I have always seen how stupid people fell victim to pyramid systems. It is terrible to find myself in such a situation."
Bigode-a former teammate of the victims of the reigning Brazilian master Palmeiras-denied the players to invest in Xland. He said he was also a victim of the alleged fraud and lost 17.5 million reais (over $ 3.3 million): "I'm not a fraudster, I have not taken any money. I am also a victim because I have not got my own money back until today." Vinicius Salva-Senior Investigator of the Fall-said there were "strong evidence" for the fact that Xland operates as a snowball system. On the other hand, the company rejected these claims and said that investors' losses were due to the decline of the FTX crypto tour in November 2022. Xland also promised to restore the funds of the soccer players. The largest nation in South America has developed into a breeding site for cryptocurrency systems in recent years. The local authorities arrested claudio oliveira, alias "The bitcoin king" in 2021 because of the suspicion, 7,000 BTC from To have stolen customers of his Bitcoin Banco Group. The investigators claimed that he had transferred the stolen assets into his personal wallet. When he was arrested, the police confiscated Arbeits from Oliveira, luxury cars and a huge amount of cash. The Brazilian law enforcement authorities carried out a similar operation last year. stop The operations of a criminal organization, led by businessman Francisco Valdevino da Silva, better known as "Bitcoin Sheikh". According to the allegations, the members of the gang attracted people to join their crypto platform, and promised them up to 20 % return on their investment. The investigation called "Operation Poyais" estimated that over the years the culprits stolen a considerable amount of funds and washed digital currencies worth $ 766 million. Selected image with the friendly approval of Nottingham Post . Some of the greatest crypto frauds in Brazil