Brooklyn Prosecutors Take Down 112 Servers Behind Crypto Scam Targeting Russian Speakers
The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.
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What happened
The scammers also ran a fake recovery service, contacting victims weeks later with promises to get their stolen crypto back.
Reported details
- The scheme allegedly stole tens of millions through Russian-language Facebook ads and fake advisers, then went after victims again with fake recovery offers.
Why this matters
Brooklyn Prosecutors is a factual update rather than a structural change to tokenized assets. Its value to a desk is the sourced detail and the timing, so read it next to the linked reporting and treat any figure the sources do not state as unknown.
Evidence boundary
The scope is limited to what the linked reports state, and where two of them diverge both positions are recorded without either being picked in advance.
What to verify
Corroborate Brooklyn Prosecutors with one independent dated source, and treat any figure the linked reports do not state as unknown rather than inferred.
Sources and editorial check time
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Editorial source check time: 2026-10-15T12:46:26.126Z
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