FBI helps smash crypto scam targeting Russian speakers in Brooklyn
The FBI worked with Brooklyn’s Virtual Currency Unit to take down hundreds of servers and domains that aided the crypto scam network.
The FBI worked with Brooklyn’s Virtual Currency Unit to take down hundreds of servers and domains that aided the crypto scam network.
ShinyHunters claims the theft was in retaliation for the FBI’s May 2026 report that detailed activities and methods employed by the group.
Patrick Steven Yaroch, a former FBI agent, has been indicted for stealing crypto from the FBI and sending the funds to Suilend and Kraken.
According to the FBI, TraderTraitor has been rapidly converting stolen Bybit assets to bitcoin and other assets via multiple blockchains.
LockBit sent an open letter to FBI Director Kash Patel in which it claims to possess private information that could destroy the organization.