Vietnamese authorities shut down a crypto fraud run by a group from Laos. These foreign criminals defrauded victims of tens of billions of dong. Some key Vietnamese suspects trained for this digital deception have been arrested for their roles in this scheme, which included using fake cryptocurrencies to lure victims.
The criminal activities were based on the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos’ Bokeo Province. The group especially made romantic approaches to victims and eventually lured them into buying their shady cryptocurrency. Their platform is Biconomynft which is a fake app that promises amazing returns. Over several months, they have reportedly managed to steal 17.6 billion dong from Vietnamese victims.
Scammers use fabricated social media profiles and connect with the victim pretending to be their lover. Once the trust was secured, victims were convinced to invest in their bogus cryptocurrency app. To establish legitimacy small returns were given to them but larger sums were seized and the victim’s accounts were frozen.
The shutdown of this fraud shows how the crypto space is tightening its security. This gives definitive proof of Biconomynft being a scam platform.