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CASE 042  |  Unidentified 22-year-old  |  June 6, 2018  |  Italy
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DATABASE RECORD
  id                  42
  date                June 6, 2018
  original_date       June 6, 2018
  year                2018
  month               6
  quarter             2018-Q2
  victim              Unidentified 22-year-old
  location            Milan, Italy
  country             Italy
  scenario            P2P Trade Gone Wrong
  description         Robbers attempt bitcoin purchase with counterfeit money, beat victims and fire gun, take 50,000 euros
  kidnappings         0
  violence_torture    1
  drugs_alcohol       0
  weapons             1
  theft               1
  life_taken          0
  money_wanted        (null)
  coin_type           (null)
  reports             La Repubblica
  notes               setup of fake p2p trade, after 2 succesful trades, cash stolen
  has_processed_date  1
  created_at          2025-11-13 05:44:45

AI SUMMARY  [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
  **Victim:** Unidentified 22-year-old
  
  **Attackers:** Unknown number of perpetrators
  
  **Attack Method:** P2P Trade Gone Wrong
  
  **Violence Used:** Physical assault, firearms
  
  **Crypto Stolen:** Amount not disclosed
  
  **Status:** Investigation ongoing

LINKED SOURCES
  [url]  https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/06/07/news/milano_truffa_bitcoin_soldi_falsi_milano_arresti-198392710/

NOTES ON THIS FILE
  * matched to sheet row 43: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides

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ARTICLE 1
  Source   La Repubblica
  URL      https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/06/07/news/milano_truffa_bitcoin_soldi_falsi_milano_arresti-198392710/
  Origin   reported_K&R sheet, row 43, column "Articles"
  Length   2,309 chars
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Real Bitcoins for fake banknotes: two arrests in Milan for fraud
They tried to deceive a 22-year-old. When he discovered the scam, he was attacked.

Two people—a 33-year-old Serbian man and a 35-year-old Cuban man—were arrested for attempting to pass off a suitcase full of counterfeit money to a 22-year-old in exchange for Bitcoin. The young man realized the trick just before transferring the Bitcoin to the fake clients' accounts. When he refused to continue the transaction, he was attacked by the two men and a woman who then disappeared.

The incident occurred late yesterday afternoon. The alarm was raised around 7:15 pm by a resident of the building on Viale Abruzzi where the meeting took place. The resident called the police after hearing yelling and a gunshot (which was later revealed to be a blank pistol). Others reported finding a stack of 500-euro counterfeit bills on the sidewalk, part of the fake money used in the scam. When police arrived, they found the 22-year-old victim with a broken nose and facial injuries and the Cuban man with a head injury; both were taken to Fatebenefratelli Hospital—the victim with a 14-day prognosis and the Cuban with 7 days.

The victim explained to the officers that he had been introduced to the two buyers through a Russian friend with whom he often does business. Their first meeting took place some days before in a bar in the Quadrilatero area, where a trial transaction of 7 Bitcoins for 50,000 euros was successfully completed.

Yesterday afternoon, they met again to complete the exchange in an office on Viale Abruzzi rented for about an hour by the Cuban from a company. The scammers brought another 45,000 euros in cash as “bait.” They passed the bills under a lamp to check them, put them into a counting machine, and finally placed them in an envelope.

It was this last step that aroused the suspicion of the 22-year-old, who asked to see all the banknotes. When the group refused, he closed his computer and tried to leave the room but was attacked, and a gunshot was fired to intimidate him. During the chaos, the woman escaped, taking with her the 50,000 euros that had been given to the young man during the initial transaction. The police found the other 45,000 euros in the scammers’ car, which were intended to deceive the victim.

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