The co-owner of BitMarket, a man named Marcin A., has been indicted by the prosecutor's office of the Polish city of Suwalki, following a survey of the London crypto-stock exchange registered under the BitMarket.pl domain name .
525 customers complained
The Anti-Cybercrime Department of the Olsztyn Police has been investigated under the supervision of the Suwalki Prosecutor's Office.
Following police investigations, it was revealed that Bitmarket's management would have plotted against its customers in order to extort 2,300 bitcoins from their accounts. The survey report describes the crimes perpetrated by Marcin A .
Moreover, the co-founder of BitMarket has been charged with other charges, including the usurpation of the identity of the company, in order to sell its shares at a ridiculous price of 120,000 PLN . But in truth, the company in question has accumulated debts amounting to 22,662,288 PLN.
The causes of the closing of the exchange site are unveiled
As a reminder, Bitmarket's crypto-currency exchange website has ceased operations since last July for reasons that are not apparent . This certificate is certainly in continuity with the investigations following its closure, according to the period mentioned by the court during which the frauds were committed, in particular between 2015 and July 7, 2019.
As a result, the accused faces a 10-year prison sentence and fines, on the one hand for misleading 525 clients of the old platform, and on the other hand for scamming the buyer by concealing the debts incurred by the company.
When it was unexpectedly closed last July, the crypto-platform managers mentioned liquidity problems. Curiously, BitMarket's director in person, Marcin Aszkielowicz, reveals a hacking act in 2017 during which at least 600 BTC were stolen.
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