Brooklyn DA, FBI shut down crypto scam targeting Russian speakers, recover $300,000

Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI have dismantled a multinational cryptocurrency investment scheme that targeted Russian-speaking Americans, recovering $300,000 and seizing a vast network of fraudulent websites and servers. The action, revealed by District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, disrupted one of the most extensive cyber scams ever tackled by a local prosecutor’s office, though no arrests have been made so far. The Kings County District Attorney’s Office, in cooperation with the FBI, seized 241 fraudulent websites and 112 servers linked to the scam. Investigators executed search warrants across three time zones, focusing on servers hosted in the United States and Eastern Europe.

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