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Madagascar's Ministry of Justice said 148 Chinese nationals suspected of romance, cryptocurrency, and fake investment fraud have been extradited to China. Local authorities previously raided 13 telecom-fraud compounds and said they seized cryptocurrency worth 52000000 USD.
According to CBC, a federal judge in Miami sentenced Canadian man Trenton Johnston to 25 months in prison; he admitted to participating in a money-laundering conspiracy and surrendered approximately 3800000 USD in stolen cryptocurrency.
Thai immigration police arrested a Chinese man suspected of luring people to invest with promises of high returns, causing losses to multiple victims, and transferred him to police for processing.
Brooklyn prosecutors in New York, with FBI's assistance, seized and disrupted a crypto scam network allegedly operating from Eastern Europe, involving more than 240 websites and 112 servers; no arrests have been made. Prosecutors are advancing the return of approximately 300000 USD。
Coinbase said it October 6 to 9 participated in a joint crackdown week in London hosted by the UK's National Crime Agency, sharing intelligence with law-enforcement and industry partners and taking coordinated action against the infrastructure, accounts, and payment systems of West African scam networks.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office said that the law enforcement operation dismantled a transnational cryptocurrency fraud network centered in Eastern Europe, shut down 241 related websites, and seized 112 servers.
BlockBeats, citing Bloomberg, reported that Brooklyn prosecutors shut down 241 crypto scam-related websites last week and seized 112 servers controlled by the group.
Greek police say a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme allegedly defrauded approximately 10000 investors of approximately 8000000 USD，17 people were arrested, including two Greek soldiers. The allegations have not been tested in court.
A 60-year-old woman in Hong Kong reported that she was induced by a person claiming to be an “investment expert” to invest on a fake cryptocurrency website, transferring approximately 21500000 HKD in total. Police have opened an investigation, and no arrests have been made so far.
PANews reported that Greek police dismantled a crypto investment scam ring and arrested 17 suspects, with the amount involved reportedly exceeding 8000000 EUR, affecting approximately 10000 victims. Police have seized approximately 280000 EUR, and the investigation remains ongoing.
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution after impersonating Coinbase support to defraud victims of approximately USD 15.94 million and launder the funds.
TRM Labs A report says fake YouTube tutorials lured victims into deploying and funding malicious contracts,224 people lost a total of 274.6 ETH。