Brooklyn DA and FBI Dismantle 241-Site Eastern European Crypto Scam Network
The Brooklyn District Attorney's office and the FBI seized 112 servers and shut down 241 websites tied to a cryptocurrency fraud operation based in Eastern Europe that targeted Russian-speaking Americans.
Why it matters
It curtails a large cross-border crypto fraud that stole millions from U.S. investors and shows coordinated cyber-crime enforcement.
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