Xitoy fuqarosi Niderlandiyadan ekstraditsiya qilingandan so'ng Kaliforniyada sudga tortildi. U AQShda 174 nafar jabrlanuvchidan deyarli 37 million dollar o'g'irlagan kriptovalyuta investitsiya firibgarligida ishtirok etganlikda ayblanmoqda.
Ushbu firibgarlik sxemalarida (shuningdek, "cho'chqa so'yish" yoki romantik aldov firibgarligi deb ham ataladi) kiberjinoyatchilar ijtimoiy tarmoqlar, tanishuv saytlari va xabar almashish ilovalari orqali maqsadli shaxslar bilan bog'lanadi, ishonch qozonadi va ularni soxta investitsiya sxemalariga jalb qiladi, va'da qilinganidek mablag'larni investitsiya qilish o'rniga ularning pullarini o'g'irlaydi.
Prokurorlar ma'lum qilishicha, 44 yoshli Zhen Chjao AQSh va Kambodjadagi sheriklari bilan birgalikda jabrlanuvchilarni katta miqdordagi mablag'larni hujumchilar nazoratidagi hisob raqamlariga o'tkazishga aldab, mablag'lar raqamli aktivlarga investitsiya qilinishini da'vo qilgan.
Chjao a'zo bo'lgan jinoiy guruh AQSh bo'ylab maqsadli shaxslarga so'ralmagan matnli xabarlar, ijtimoiy tarmoqlar, telefon qo'ng'iroqlari va hatto onlayn tanishuv xizmatlari orqali ishonch qozonish maqsadida murojaat qilgan, soxta raqamli aktiv investitsiyalarini targ'ib qilgan va jabrlanuvchilarning mablag'lari qiymati oshganini aytgan, aslida esa ularning pullari o'g'irlangan.
"Sheriklar haqiqiy kriptovalyuta savdo platformalariga o'xshash soxta veb-saytlar yaratgan va jabrlanuvchilarni investitsiya uchun mablag'larni soxta veb-saytlar orqali yuborishga ishontirgan", — deb ma'lum qildi Adliya vazirligi.
"Chjao va boshqa sheriklar Deltec Bank orqali jabrlanuvchilarning mablag'larini Tether (USDT) barqaror tokeniga aylantirish va aylantirilgan mablag'larni Kambodjada nazorat qilinadigan raqamli aktiv hamyonga o'tkazish ishlarini tashkil qilgan. U yerdan Kambodjadagi sheriklar USDTni mintaqadagi firibgarlik markazlari rahbarlariga o'tkazgan."
Jabrlanuvchilar AQSh bank hisob raqamlaridan Bagama orollaridagi Deltec Bankda Axis Digital Limited nomi bilan ochilgan hisob raqamiga 36,9 million dollardan ortiq mablag'ni "investitsiya" sifatida o'tkazgan.
Chjao 2025-yil avgust oyida pul yuvish fitnasida ayblangan va aybdor deb topilsa, maksimal 20 yil qamoq jazosiga duch kelishi mumkin.
Xuddi shu xalqaro jinoiy guruh a'zosi bo'lgan sakkizta sherigi allaqachon aybini tan olgan, ulardan ikkitasi 51 oy va 46 oy qamoq jazosiga hukm qilingan.
FBIning 2025-yilgi Internet jinoyati hisobotiga ko'ra, o'tgan yili investitsiya firibgarlari 72 984 ta shikoyat asosida 8,6 milliard dollardan ortiq mablag'ni o'g'irlagan (2024-yildagi 6,5 milliard dollardan yuqori).
Hujumchilar haqiqiy ma'lumotlarga ega bo'lgach, ularning harakatlarining atigi 37 foizi to'xtatiladi.
Umumiy oldini olish ko'rsatkichlari dastlabki kirishdan keyin sodir bo'ladigan voqealarni yashirishi mumkin. Hujumchilar haqiqiy ma'lumotlardan foydalanganda, oldini olish keskin pasayadi.
Blue Report 2026 mijozlar ishlab chiqarish muhitlarida o'tkazilgan 338 million simulyatsiya bo'yicha mudofaa texnikalarini o'lchaydi.
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A Chinese national was arraigned in California after being extradited from the Netherlands for his alleged involvement in a cryptocurrency investment scam that stole nearly $37 million from 174 victims in the United States.
In these fraud schemes (also known as pig butchering or romance baiting scams), cybercriminals contact targets through social media, dating sites, and messaging apps, build trust, and lure them into fake investment schemes, stealing their money instead of investing the funds as promised.
Prosecutors said that, together with accomplices in the United States and Cambodia, 44-year-old Zhen Zhao tricked victims into transferring large sums of money to attacker-controlled accounts, claiming that the funds would be invested in digital assets.
The criminal ring Zhao was allegedly part of reached out to targets across the United States via unsolicited text messages, social media, phone calls, and even online dating services to gain their trust, promoting the fraudulent digital asset investments and saying that the victims' funds' value increased, when, in fact, their money was stolen.
"The co-conspirators created fake websites that resembled real cryptocurrency trading platforms and convinced victims to send funds through the fake websites for investments," the Department of Justice said.
"Zhao and other co-conspirators arranged for Deltec Bank to convert victim funds to the stablecoin Tether (USDT) and to transfer the converted funds to a digital asset wallet controlled in Cambodia. From there, co-conspirators in Cambodia transferred the USDT to the leaders of scam centers throughout the region."
Victims transferred over $36.9 million, "invested" in the scheme, from U.S. bank accounts to an account at Deltec Bank in the Bahamas, which was opened under the name Axis Digital Limited.
Zhao was charged in August 2025 with conspiracy to commit money laundering and faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if found guilty.
Eight of his accomplices, part of the same international crime ring, have already pleaded guilty,and two of them have been sentenced to 51 months and 46 months in prison.
According to the FBI's 2025 Internet Crime Report, investment scammers stole over $8.6 billion last year (according to 72,984 complaints), up from $6.5 billion in 2024.
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