On Friday, February 5, the US Department of Justice revealed that Serbia has handed over its citizen, Antonije Stojilkovic, 32 years old, to the United States to face charges over conspiracy to commit fraud and launder money through a crypto mining investment scam.
Acting US Attorney Prerak Shah, said:
“We are proud to bring Mr. Stojilkovic to Dallas to face justice in an American courtroom. The U.S. Department of Justice will not relent in our fight against cybercrime.”
The DOJ alleged that Stojilkovic and his six colleagues duped investors across the world – many of them live in northern Texas – out of more than $70 million.
According to the court document, Stojilkovic and his partners (five Serbian co-conspirators and one US-based co-conspirator) set up fake trading platforms from their home bases in China, Serbia, and elsewhere, and used such platforms to advertise cryptocurrency mining and binary options services to innocent investors across the globe.
The…