Seizure
Five plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that five individuals pleaded guilty to aiding North Korea’s illicit revenue generation schemes, including remote IT worker fraud and cryptocurrency theft. As part of this, the U.S. authorities announced actions seeking the forfeiture of $15 million in cryptocurrency from heists carried out by the APT38 threat group, which is […]
“Bitcoin Queen” gets 11 years in prison for $7.3 billion Bitcoin scam
A Chinese woman known as the “Bitcoin Queen” was sentenced in London to 11 years and eight months in jail for laundering Bitcoin from a £5.5 billion ($7.3 billion) cryptocurrency investment scheme. The sentence follows a seven-year investigation by the Met’s Economic Crime team into international money laundering, which revealed that the 47-year-old woman, Zhimin Qian […]
FBI takes down BreachForums portal used for Salesforce extortion
The FBI seized a BreachForums domain used by the ShinyHunters group as a data leak extortion site for the widespread Salesforce attacks, with the threat actor stating that law enforcement also stole database backups for the notorious hacking forum. The domain, Breachforums.hn, was previously used to relaunch the hacking forum this summer, but the site was soon […]
UK convicts “Bitcoin Queen” in world’s largest cryptocurrency seizure
The Metropolitan Police has secured a conviction in what is believed to be the world’s largest cryptocurrency seizure, valued at more than £5.5 billion ($7.3 billion). Zhimin Qian, 47, also known as Yadi Zhang, pleaded guilty today at Southwark Crown Court to acquiring and possessing criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Police said […]
Police seizes $439 million stolen by cybercrime rings worldwide
In a five-month joint operation led by Interpol, law enforcement agencies have seized more than $439 million in cash and cryptocurrency linked to cyber-enabled financial crimes that impacted thousands of victims worldwide. Codenamed Operation HAECHI VI, it involved authorities from 40 countries and five continents between April and August 2025. HAECHI VI targeted a wide […]
Canada dismantles TradeOgre exchange, seizes $40 million in crypto
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has shut down the TradeOgre cryptocurrency exchange and seized more than $40 million believed to originate from criminal activities. This is the first time a crypto exchange has been shut down by Canadian law enforcement, and it also marks the largest asset seizure in the country’s history. TradeOgre was a […]
Police disrupts Streameast, largest pirated sports streaming network
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and Egyptian authorities have shut down Streameast, the world’s largest illegal live sports streaming network, and arrested two people allegedly associated with the operation. Streameast, operational since 2018, was a free streaming service supported by advertisements, providing access to HD streams from licensed broadcasters. Streameast reportedly operates 80 […]
Police seize VerifTools fake ID marketplace servers, domains
The FBI and the Dutch Police have shut down the VerifTools marketplace for fraudulent identity documents after seizing servers in Amsterdam that hosted the online operation. VerifTools was a prominent platform that produced and intermediated the purchase of fake documents (e.g. driver’s licenses, passports) that were used to bypass various identity verification systems or to assume an […]
“Rapper Bot” malware seized, alleged developer identified and charged
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced charges against the alleged developer and administrator of the “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet. Ethan Foltz, 22, of Eugene, Oregon, allegedly rented the botnet to cybercriminals eho targeted various organizations. The botnet operation itself was seized as part of ‘Operation PowerOff ‘on August 6, during a raid at Foltz’s residence in Oregon. […]
U.S. seizes $2.8 million in crypto from Zeppelin ransomware operator
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency from suspected ransomware operator Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko. Antropenko, indicted in Texas for computer fraud and money laundering, was linked to Zeppelin ransomware, a now-defunct extortion operation that ran between 2019 and 2022. Apart from the digital asset seizure, the authorities […]