Mansion of the Sheik of bitcoins is vandalized and stolen

A mansion of the “sheikh of bitcoins”, Francisley Valdevino da Silva, arrested by the federal police in 2022, is vandalized by vandals and has even become a mocó for drug users.

He is one of the suspects preventively detained by the PF, after signals of crimes against the financial system. Francisley was the founder and leader of the InterAG Group, which operated several companies out of Curitiba.

His arrest came after US authorities called for the suspect’s arrest. He is also under investigation in North America for crimes against the financial system against investors.

In Brazil, he made victims such as the family of Janguiê Diniz and the model Sasha Meneghel, daughter of Xuxa and Luciano Szafir.

Sheikh of bitcoins vandalized and stole mansion

According to a report by RICtv, a subsidiary of RecordTV in Curitiba, one of the mansions of the sheikh of bitcoins is in ruins.

Since the arrest of the suspect in 2022, according to local residents, the site has been destroyed. In addition, drug users settle in the place to consume, creating a sense of insecurity in the apartment building.

The house, according to investigations, was not where Francisley lived and acted as support for his fraudulent activities.

During a visit to the site, a journalist noticed that even the gate of the house was not spared. Wiring, tiles and other property were eventually stolen by criminals, who now frequent the site.

“At sunrise they come by with a supermarket trolley with materials,” says a local resident

In addition to property theft and drug use at the now-former mansion of the sheikh of bitcoins, local residents told frightening stories about the situation.

For example, one of the neighbors stated that strange people are visiting the area, an episode the residents have never seen before.

Another has already reported seeing people pass by at dawn with supermarket carts full of destroyed items from the Curitiba mansion. According to him, recently, after leaving a condominium meeting, he noticed that a Kombi parked in front of the premises was being carried by criminals who had stolen iron from the premises.

It’s worth remembering that while the mansion is owned by the sheikh of bitcoins, the federal court could use the property to pay customers back. However, looting can cause the property to lose value and jeopardize the procedural progress of aggrieved investors.

Francisley’s companies infiltrated religious movements to attract customers and promised investors above-market returns. The damage from their criminal practices could amount to R$4 billion, according to the PF’s findings in Operation Poyas.