Global Crackdown Arrests 276, Shuts 9 Crypto Scam Centers, Seizes $701M

An international law enforcement crackdown on cryptocurrency investment fraud has resulted in 276 arrests and the seizure of $701 million in illicit assets.

• •Criminals used pig butchering and romance baiting schemes to defraud victims, with human trafficking victims forced to work at scam compounds
• •Law enforcement collaboration between FBI, Chinese authorities, and UAE police targeted scam operations across Southeast Asia, particularly Myanmar and Cambodia
• •An Android banking trojan malware-as-a-service platform was discovered operating from the K99 Group compound, capable of stealing credentials and enabling financial fraud
• •Operation Level Up notified nearly 9,000 victims and recovered $562 million; Operation Atlantic froze $12 million from approval phishing attacks

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