According to Techub News, The Paper reported that the first STRK virtual currency fraud case in Changzhi, Shanxi Province was successfully solved. The Internet Security Brigade of Xiangyuan County Public Security Bureau accepted a report from the victim, claiming that the 40,000 STRK coins he received from the STRK official development program were fraudulently claimed by others.
With the support of the Cyber Security Brigade of the Changzhi Public Security Bureau, the Xiangyuan Internet Police, based on relevant clues, finally identified the suspect of the theft as Lan from Meizhou, Guangdong Province. On April 25, the special police rushed to Guangdong Province to conduct investigations. After squatting and waiting, they successfully arrested the suspect Lan and seized two mobile phones and a computer on the spot. After investigation, it was found that the suspect Lan purchased many Tg accounts and discord accounts to generate a large number of STRK payment addresses, searched for relevant proofs of work submitted by others, impersonated others and submitted more than 40 ECMP forms, and falsely claimed 40,000 STRK coins belonging to the victim and transferred them to his own OKX wallet, and then exchanged them for 91,000 USDT coins (equivalent to more than RMB 637,000) for himself.
At present, criminal suspect Lan has been taken criminal coercive measures according to law, and the case is under further investigation.