A 28-year-old man faces charges of money laundering linked to a probe into a Bitcoin scam.
In June 2024, a woman from Bristol reported to Action Fraud that she had fallen victim to a telephone scam, resulting in a loss of £154,000 in Bitcoin.
Following this, an investigation by the Financial Investigations Unit of Avon and Somerset Police resulted in the confiscation of £100,000 in cryptocurrency assets.
Omar Abdalla, a resident of Islington, London, made an appearance at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Monday, where he was remanded in custody and is scheduled to return to Bristol Crown Court on 24 February.
