Meta, Microsoft, and Starlink were among the private firms named in the operation, helping take down servers and other hosting tools linked to the scam networks. Authorities also said more than 1.4 million social media and email accounts were disrupted, and the Royal Thai Police Anti-Cyber Scam Center made arrests tied to the effort.
Key impacts: – 1.4M+ scam accounts disrupted – $3.8M in crypto…
Another part of the same push came in April, when the Scam Center Strike Force and its partners restrained more than $701 million in crypto tied to investment scams. Authorities have also carried out other crackdowns this year, including actions in Dubai and Albania, as pressure on scam infrastructure spread beyond Southeast Asia.
Coinbase also argued that blockchain gives investigators a permanent record of transactions, a point it used to push back on the idea that crypto is only a tool for crime. The coalition behind the operation included the FBI, the US Secret Service, and law enforcement partners in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Thailand.
The latest freeze fits a pattern of steady pressure on scam centers rather than one-off arrests. Officials have kept aiming at websites, messaging channels, servers, and the money trail itself, hoping to cut off the machinery that lets these fraud rings keep running.
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