He Financial influencer Javier Ferrerwho shares investment advice and flaunts his luxurious lifestyle on social media, suffered a scam with cryptocurrencies. The operation cost him almost two units of Bitcoin and 44 units of Ethereum. At today’s quote, They are more than US$230 thousand.
The Sub DDI of Vicente López of the Buenos Aires Police arrested a man from Olive trees identified as Adrián B. after an investigation by the UFEIC that held him responsible for the scam of the influencer, known for his catchphrase “hello, normal people.”
After the search of his home, investigators found several Trezor-branded crypto wallets. However, when they opened them they discovered that they were practically empty.
How the influencer Javier Ferrer was scammed
The influencer stated in the complaint he filed with the court that he met him in 2021 “after he contacted him asking for help with a business.”
Months later, the accused revealed to the victim that “he had knowledge of investments and “cryptoassets” and “encourages him to invest, then buying a hardware cryptocurrency wallet brand Trezor where the acquired cryptocurrencies were held.”
In his statement in the case, Ferrer explained how the detainee taught him how to operate them.they even filmed a video tutorial.
According to the influencer’s story, the accused deceived him and took advantage of his lack of knowledge on the subject: Adrián B. would have kept a copy of the private key of the wallets.
“The detainee allegedly A copy of this private key was kept, even though Ferrer physically had that wallet”, said a source in the case. He then emptied it using a software application on June 13, 2022.
The accused recounted his relationship with the influencer Javier Ferrer
The accused also testified in the case and said: “They gave me the price of the advice he provided. The price was a thousand dollars.but it was supposedly the last one that was going to be done in the year and They lowered the price to five hundred dollars“They gave me a promotion, so to speak,” he said, according to judicial sources.
Later, he added that he was invited to a barbecue with other people who had paid for the same advice. “There, everyone He told what he did and why he came to the meeting.. When it’s my turn, I have to speak, I introduce myself, I say what I do, what I study and I say why I went to the counseling. And I say that my father has a property and we wanted to know what to do with that property.as he (the influencer) is dedicated to the real estate sector. And then, we started chatting and I I share my knowledge related to cryptocurrencies”.
It was then that Ferrer called him to propose a possible crypto business together. “He had told me that he had given his nephew money to buy NFTs, which were games, and that those games had a reward that paid you for playing.”
Later on, The accused complained that the influencer’s nephew and his friend, both part of the business, were not working. “You go on by yourself,” the complainant told him.
The influencer certainly lost: the Bitcoin today is almost double what it was worth when the wallets were emptied.
Source: Ambito
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