The leader of the Panamanian company Trust Investing in Cuba, Ruslan Concepción, He was threatened on social media by an alleged member of the company who called him a “scammer”.
“The number one scammer created a new profile … You are not going to leave Cuba until the Cubans are paid USDT / BTC and the pending withdrawals. You are another who wanted to escape to Russia with the money of thousands of Cubans. Try to get Diego and Fabio to pay us the pending withdrawals or you are going to be in trouble, “posted a user identified as Luis Laza Ojuani Dawan on Facebook’s 155-member CriptoCuba group.
“Believe that you had a bad time there in the void, if you are furry and all. Stop playing with money and demand that we be paid the outstanding withdrawals from May,” the Internet user continued. .
“That going to Las Tunas is facilite and by any means of transport. Try to get paid. It’s just a warning,” he added.
Although the post was later deleted, the news agency Cubanet be able to take a screenshot of the post.
After authorities began investigating young Cubans involved with the so-called “digital currency manager” in late April. Trust Investing, Concepción tried to travel to Russia with his family, but was arrested at Havana airport.
He was jailed in Las Tunas province along with other leaders of the organization, accused of “illegal economic activity”, for allegedly promoting a pyramid scheme business based on a method known as “Ponzi scam”.
Last Friday, the detainees were released on parole, a measure held by members of the company in various Facebook groups.
The release of these young people came just one week after the Cuban government announced that it would begin regulating the use of digital currency and will grant licenses for service providers operating with them.
With this measure by the Central Bank on the island, Cubans will be able to buy and sell in these assets as long as the bank authorizes their use “for reasons of socioeconomic interest” in “operations related to financial, foreign exchange and collection activity.” or payments “in or from Cuban territory.
Trust Investing is a Panama-registered company that claims to be engaged “in the management of cryptocurrencies in the most daring markets,” and that promises its clients to generate profits “without the need to be an expert.”
Although the recent gains in the bitcoin price and the seductive logic with which the firm worked have meant that some of its members continue to receive their supposed profits, the reality is that the activities of Trust Investing raise many doubts about the its legality.
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