An Ontario investor who lost $55,000 in cryptocurrency funds said he can’t believe his good fortune after getting his stolen money back.
“It’s a million to one. I’m certainly the luckiest guy in Ontario,” Oshawa, Ont. man Allan Jones told CTV News Toronto.
Durham Regional Police said recovering stolen cryptocurrency is extremely rare and they believe it’s only the second investigation in Ontario that has resulted in the recovery of funds.
“I think Mr. Jones was very fortunate and lucky,” Det.-Const. Taryn Snow with Durham Police’s Financial Crimes Unit said.
Jones said he became interested in cryptocurrencies and last summer bought almost one bitcoin for $55,000. Once he had the cryptocurrency, he went online to download software to manage it.
“I had bought some Bitcoin and I was going online to see how to trade it,” said Jones.
Jones went on Google and researched software programs to trade Bitcoin and found a program for $350.
When he tired to download it to his computer, the company called him and offered to help him install it.
While the company had remote access to his computer, Jones became concerned as he watched his Bitcoin account begin to empty and it appeared his account was being drained.
“I said ‘What are you doing? Why are you in my Bitcoin? How did you get there?'” Jones said.
“They said ‘We are not taking your Bitcoin, sir. We are just opening an account for you,’ but that wasn’t true. They were actually…
