The two South African brothers, Ameer and Raees Cajee, founders of the cryptocurrency platform Africrypt, deny being involved in the theft of bitcoins, which their customers are victims of. They make it known through their lawyer interviewed by the BBC. The latter says he is preparing a case to show that tens of thousands of bitcoins flown on this platform have really been hacked.
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Nearly 69,000 bitcoins or $ 3.6 billion have disappeared from Africrypt. The two young South African brothers who handled this platform have disappeared without a trace, which indicates that they are behind this scam. They had informed customers in April last year that the platform was the victim of a computer hack and asked them not to report this incident to the authorities.
Another suspected fact, access to the platform was blocked seven days before the alleged hack. The South African police investigating this case claim that the stolen amounts are transferred to accounts that cannot be traced.
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are regularly targeted by fraud. Last week, the Dijon newspaper Le Bien Public wrote that thousands of customers in a French association that specializes in crypto-asset investments have thus lost between 40 and 58 million euros.
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