Argentine crypto scam suspect arrested in Venezuela after ‘escaping with $56m in Bitcoin’ – DL News
- Rosa María González was arrested four years after the collapse of Generación Zoe scam.
- Complex diplomatic situation makes extradition difficult, police admit.
- González was allegedly plotting the launch of a new scam while in Venezuela.
Venezuelan police have arrested Rosa María González, one of the suspected masterminds behind Generación Zoe, an Argentine crypto scam that left tens of thousands of investors out of pocket to the tune of at least $120 million.
The scam’s masterminds offered investors returns of up to 7.5% on their stakes.
Police in San Cristóbal, in the Venezuelan state of Táchira, apprehended González almost exactly a year after the scam’s kingpin, Leonardo Cositorto, was jailed for 12 years in Argentina.
