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Cybercrime

The Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2022. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Officials seize domain of top bulletproof hosting provider Virtualine

The Russian-speaking cybercrime storefront was among the most active bulletproof hosting providers this year to date, receiving almost one-fifth of all illicit-attributed inflow tracked by researchers.
The U.S. District of Columbia’s Scam Center Task Force, the FBI’s field office in Honolulu and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska made a trip to Madagascar in August to review electronic devices seized from scam compounds. (Getty Images)

Prosecutors charge Madagascar scammers in NFT-stealing scheme based on fake online dating profiles

The scammers affected approximately 800 victims and led to losses of more than half a million dollars, the Justice Department said.
Traffic streaks past the Department of Justice (DOJ) headquarters building late in the evening on May 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Authorities extradite Chinese national for alleged $37M investment scam

Zheng Zhao and his co-conspirators allegedly deceived 174 U.S. residents into sending funds to a globally coordinated fake investment operation with ties to Cambodia.
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