Europol bounty for Russian crypto ransomware gang wasn’t real
News of the fictitious bounty fooled news outlets into reporting that $50K would be paid for information on two Qilin administrators.
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Europol raids $24 million ‘mafia crypto bank’
The network, which was raided in January, allegedly offered crypto services to human traffickers and the drug trade.
Europol raids money mules who laundered $10M for crypto scammers
Authorities say the crypto scammers tied to the money mule recruiting networks ‘lacked the technical expertise’ to launder their €10M profits.
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