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Crypto scammers stole millions from victims, then returned pretending to help recover their money

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Crypto scammers who stole millions from Russian-speaking investors approached the same victims weeks later, promising to recover their losses. On Oct. 14, Brooklyn prosecutors disclosed the fraud after an international enforcement operation disrupted 112 servers and 241 websites supporting a cryptocurrency investment scheme that allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars from victims across the United States. The operation, conducted with help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), targeted the infrastructure used to run fraudulent investment platforms and keep in contact with victims. Investigators recovered data showing the same criminal network tried to exploit people again after they lost money in the original scheme.

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