Onchain investigator ZachXBT said he has begun turning away all fraud victims in Canada, calling the country’s law enforcement response so weak that its agencies may be “more negligent than either India or Nigeria.”
Key Takeaways:
ZachXBT said on June 13 that he is declining all requests from Canadian fraud victims, citing weak enforcement and seizures.He called Toronto a top 5 global cybercrime hub and Canada’s agencies possibly worse than India or Nigeria.Without faster court action, ZachXBT argues, onchain evidence stalls, leaving Canadian victims little path to recovery.“Canadian mainstream media would not dare to report about how Toronto has grown into a top 5 hub globally for cybercriminals, and that law enforcement fails to prosecute or seize frozen assets for its victims of fraud. I had to start declining all victims from Canada. Its government agencies may be more negligent than either India or Nigeria.”
“It gets worse because the evidence I have for EX 1 is exact same type of evidence used to successfully prosecute threat actors in two other jurisdictions”
He did not name the specific threat actors in his posts, citing the sensitivity of ongoing matters, but noted the gap as one of will and capacity rather than evidence. The argument is that even when investigators hand authorities court-ready material, some countries lack the follow-through to act on it.
A Pattern of Naming Negligent GatekeepersWhether this technique of public pressure prompts a response from Canadian authorities remains to be seen, but it is worth mentioning that ZachXBT has previously used the same tactic (of naming names and publishing evidence) to push exchanges and firms into acting.
