Do Son FBI, Dubai, and China dismantle 9 "pig-butchering" centers and arrest 276. Operation Level Up saves victims $562M in massive crypto fraud crackdown.
Financial Crime
Russian national Aleksei Volkov was sentenced to 81 months in prison and ordered to pay $9.1M for his role as an access broker in major U.S. ransomware attacks.
The DOJ seized web3adspanels.org, disrupting a $14M bank takeover scheme that used fake Google and Bing ads to steal thousands of credentials.
Australia imposed sanctions and travel bans on four entities and one individual for engaging in cybercrime to fund North Korea's WMD and missile programs. The regime stole $1.9B in crypto in 2024.
A new Android banking trojan, dubbed "Lazarus Stealer," is using sophisticated overlay attacks to steal financial credentials from users of Russian banks.
McAfee warns of a new Android malware campaign targeting Bangladeshi expats with fake remittance apps like TapTap Send, stealing personal and financial data, including photo IDs.
Europol-backed operation busts €3M investment fraud network deceiving 100+ victims via fake trading platform. Arrests made in Cyprus, Israel, Albania.
A Europol-supported operation dismantled a major criminal group producing counterfeit euro banknotes. The investigation spanned multiple countries and resulted in arrests and the seizure of fake currency and production facilities.