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Telegram exchanger promised an exchange rate — and took 80 thousand USDT
In Kyiv, unidentified persons operated through a Telegram bot for “crypto exchange.” The victim was shown the terms of the deal. He transferred 80 thousand USDT on the TRON network to the address provided by the bot. There was no counter-payment. The assets were not returned.
The money didn’t stay there. The cyber police traced the chain on the blockchain: from the first address the USDT were sent through a batch of intermediate wallets — the same layering, multi-level obfuscation of the trail — collected at a consolidating address and moved to a Bitunix deposit.
The exchange officially confirmed: all investigated transactions belong to one internal UID. A Full Operational Freeze has already been placed on the account — there were no external or internal transfers after the freeze. The owner was not notified about the investigation.
The court seized exactly these 80 thousand USDT. Bitunix separately described its Asset Restitution Procedure: after a court decision and an internal legal check, assets can be returned. The victim has already registered his account on the exchange for this procedure. This is not a return yet. It is a chance, if the chain holds and no one challenges the seizure on appeal. Five days to file an appeal with the Kyiv Court of Appeal.
Exchanging fiat and crypto on Telegram is not a “fast rate without a bank fee.” It’s an unlicensed office, without counterparty identification, without delivery guarantee. The bot shows a rate, gives an address, asks “you go first.” After the transaction on the blockchain the money is no longer yours. It’s impossible to rewind the transfer. “Support” disappears along with the handle. The identity of the Bitunix account owner has not been established.
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