Brooklyn Prosecutors Take Down 112 Servers Behind Crypto Scam Targeting Russian Speakers
Summary
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn dismantled over one hundred servers linked to a cryptocurrency scam aimed at Russian-speaking individuals. The criminal operation additionally operated a fraudulent asset recovery service that targeted previous victims with false promises of retrieving lost digital funds.
The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.
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