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Brooklyn Prosecutors and FBI Dismantle 241 Scam Websites and 112 Servers
According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Virtual Currency Unit (VCU), the agency shut down around 241 fraudulent websites and 112 servers. The VCU further noted that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) helped with the investigation. In the press release issued by the Brooklyn DA, prosecutors described the operation as one of the largest cyber enforcement actions ever carried out by a local prosecutor’s office.
“When scammers halfway around the world target Brooklyn residents, they should know they are not beyond our reach,” remarked Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, in a statement. “These criminals stole many millions of dollars from Russian-speaking victims through an elaborate investment scheme, then tried to exploit them again with false promises to recover their money.”
Gonzalez credited the office’s VCU with exposing the fraud, tracing the stolen cryptocurrency, and uncovering the technological infrastructure sustaining the operation before joining forces with the FBI to dismantle it. “By disrupting more than 100 servers and hundreds of fraudulent websites, we have struck at the heart of this criminal enterprise and made it far harder for these scammers to victimize others,” Gonzalez added.
