Brooklyn DA and FBI shut down 241 crypto fraud websites tied to Eastern Europe

First reported by Quartz at · Updated · 3 sources

The operation, which targeted Russian-speaking victims across the U.S., seized 112 servers and disrupted the network's entire back-end infrastructure

Covered by 3 publishers within 7 hours of the first report.

Summary from Quartz.

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Quartz Brooklyn DA and FBI shut down 241 crypto fraud websites tied to Eastern Europe · Cris Tolomia
PYMNTS Brooklyn DA Shuts Down Multi-Million Dollar Crypto Scam Operation · PYMNTS
The Record Brooklyn DA’s office disrupts crypto scam targeting Russian community

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