Meta, Starlink and Microsoft team up with the FBI to delete over 1.4 million accounts and seize millions in cryptocurrency related to huge scam networks targeting Americans
- 63 suspects arrested in multinational scam takedown
- Millions in cryptocurrency assets seized
- Tech firms disabled millions of fraudulent accounts
Dozens of people have been arrested, and millions of dollars in cryptocurrency seized, in a large-scale, multi-national operation against internet scammers and fraudsters.
On May 18, the US Department of Justice, the FBI, Secret Service, law enforcement agencies in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Thailand, as well as multiple commercial businesses such as Meta, Coinbase and Starlink, participated in the takedown of a scam network in Southeast Asia.
In a press release published earlier this week, Meta disclosed the details of the operation, saying 63 suspects were arrested, while Coinbase froze more than $3 million in cryptocurrency assets. At the same time, Meta disabled more than 1.4 million accounts, pages, and groups from Facebook and Instagram, while Microsoft suspended roughly 20,000 fraudulent accounts linked to the scam network.
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