bleepingcomputer.comarticlePolice seizes over 100 servers in investment scam crackdown
Europol and Eurojust coordinated an action by authorities in Albania, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Kosovo and North Macedonia that arrested seven suspects and seized more than 100 servers. The targeted company allegedly ran a crime-as-a-service model from Cyprus and Israel, supplying fake trading platforms and stolen victim data to call centres. Victims in at least 50 countries were pushed into larger transfers with fake profits. The article lists earlier European fraud takedowns.
TL;DR Seven arrests and 100+ servers seized in a Europol-backed raid on a company selling fake trading platforms to investment-scam call centres.
Organisations named here
- Europol
- Eurojust
Techniques named here
- Pig butchering
- Delaying tactics on withdrawals
- Fake account profit display
- Investment fraud via fake trading platforms
- Sale of stolen personal data to call centers
Concepts named here
- Crime-as-a-service
- Psychological pressure
Threat actors named here
- Fraud call centers shut down in May 2024 (12 centers linked to thousands of daily scam calls)
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