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The Judicial Police (PJ) is analyzing videos with financial advice on cryptocurrencies and sports betting that were shared by Portuguese digital influencers. The goal is to understand whether it is necessary to open a fraud investigation. The information was advanced by Fast This Wednesday afternoon, after a public petition emerged to appeal to the investigation of “attractive schemes” on how to get rich, that is, through cryptocurrencies. Videos are shared on YouTube.
“These scammers use the financial markets as a get-rich-quick illusion to deceive deceived people,” reads the petition that, at 5 pm on Wednesday, had already been signed by about 9,500 people. Diogo Figueiras, better known as Windoh, is one of the youtubers mentioned.
For now, authorities are evaluating the videos to better understand the case. In statements to Fast, a source from the PJ reinforces that “the purchase of bitcoins is not considered a crime in itself.” “We are trying to better understand the case,” said a judicial source.
No case of Windoh, or youtuber He used the channel to publicize his cryptocurrency course (which costs about 49.90 euros per month). According to the Observer, the video, meanwhile removed, was intended to explain where the influencer invested their money. The Portuguese decided to remove the video after the course was hacked by a hacker accusing the videos of being a copy of Wikipedia and serving to scam fans. THE youtuber He denies the criticism and has already complained about the invasion of the PJ.
At the end of February, the Bank of Portugal (BdP) alerted consumers to the risks associated with virtual assets, such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are normally subject to “enormous volatility” and “are not guaranteed” by any authority. national or European. .
“In the event of partial or total devaluation of virtual assets, there is no fund to cover possible losses for its users, who must assume all the risk associated with operations with these instruments,” the alert reads.
