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Morning Edition · Friday, October 16, 2026Published at 1:52 AM EDT · New York
Brooklyn Prosecutors Take 112 Servers and 241 Fake Sites Offline as UAE and Toronto Police Pursue Crypto Theft Rings
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) report 33 arrests and more than $54 million seized from four social-engineering networks. Toronto police filed 82 charges after an armed abduction aimed at cryptocurrency.
The Brooklyn District Attorney's office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) dismantled a fraud network that targeted Russian speakers, CoinDesk reported. The scheme allegedly stole tens of millions of dollars through Russian-langu…
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Crypto Crime Shifts to Targeting Holders
Theft increasingly targets individual holders through fraud, impersonation and physical coercion rather than code, drawing local prosecutors and police into crypto enforcement and pushing wealthy holders toward custodial and multi-party key arrangements.
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