FBI Arrested 26 Bad Actors From Israel For Running Crypto Fraud Scheme

FBI arrested 26 bad actors from Israel who allegedly took part in a crypto fraud scheme, after joining forces with the Israeli police so let’s read more in our latest cryptocurrency news today.

The Federal Bureau or FBI arrested 26 bad actors after partnering with the Israeli Police, with the scammers being related to digital currencies scams. The operation happened in Tel Aviv but involved victims from all across the world. According to the local reports, the FBI and the Tel Aviv District fraud unit of the Israeli Police conducted an investigation on the criminals that conned tens of millions of shekels. The operation ended in arresting 26 people suspected of taking part in the money laundering offenses that were related to digital forex trading.

The local officials said that they recieved a report from the US that a group of Israelis was tricking hundreds of people into the by promising them investment crypto schemes and they managed to steal millions of dollars from the victims. After the investigation, the authorities detained the bad actors in an operation and managed to seize digital storage devices and computers as proof of the investigation. The arrested are residents of Israel but the officials didn’t reveal their names nor the company they work for. They informed that the process will start with the two suspects that are in their 30s who will appear at the Tel Aviv Magistrate Court this week. The fraud victims however were Americans.

The report added that in addition to the arrests in Israel, local law enforcement agencies carried out similar operations in other countries around the globe. One of the hottest topics in the crypto space was the trading venue Thodex that scammed more than 400,000 people when they were left out of their accounts without being able to withdraw their funds. The website of the platform was down for a few days while reports suggested its CEO fled the country with $2 billion. Following the investigation, the Turkish Police detained 62 people that were involved in the scam and jailed 6 of them. The brother and sister that ran the exchange, were among them but the head of the exchange is still at large. As per the recent reports, similar arrests happened in China when the Chinese authorities detained 1100 suspects that used digital assets for money laundering activities to avoid law enforcement agents which led to the dismantling of 170 criminal gangs.