on “employee” Brazil The company at the center of crypto scam allegations has been filmed apparently destroying evidence – under cover of night.
brazilian media outlets livecoins The company, Brise, shared a video showing “at least two people” entering the company.
Police have closed the offices as part of the investigation.
The video – taken from CCTV footage – shows a man removing a barrier, allowing the driver of a pickup truck to enter the Briscompany compound in Sao Paulo.
The timing in the video shows that these people entered the campus on March 26 at around 9 pm.
The media outlet reported that the individuals then proceeded to “remove items” from the building, adding that the offices were now completely empty.
The report suggested that the individuals’ apparent familiarity with the site would indicate that they were employees.
Briscompany’s operations went nationwide as the operators promised investors “fixed income” in the “cryptocurrency market”.
Media outlets said that a couple named Antonio and Fabricia Ace were the apparent masterminds.
But in late 2022, many investors started complaining that they could not withdraw their money from the firm’s platform.
Several “brokers” have defended BriseCompany, insisting that it is a scam, reports that it is widespread.
However, the media outlet wrote:
“With the closure of the firm’s headquarters, everything indicates that its business is over for good.”
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Critics claim the firm is a front for a “financial pyramid”, while several legal cases have been launched from clients who want to retrieve their funds.
But the media outlet said it has evidence that the company “continues to empty used properties.”
The Federal Police Department reportedly “sealed the property,” but “everything indicates it is now vacant,” Livecoins wrote.
The firm launched in 2019, and claims its business was based on “leases” of cryptocurrency – with “members” receiving fixed monthly payments.
But warning signs began to appear when it was indirectly implicated in a 2020 fraud investigation.
More serious issues began in November 2022, when BriskCompany “began to delay customer withdrawals for the first time.”
Issues related to evacuation intensified in December. And as of January 2023, “none of the company’s customers had been able to receive their fixed monthly payments.”
Police launched a major investigation into the firm in February, but its “main leaders” remain at large.
Earlier this month, the police cracked down on a Suspected crypto-powered sexual extortion ring,