Tech firms and federal prosecutors disrupt Southeast Asia scam operations
Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Coinbase worked with federal prosecutors over four days to freeze accounts and cryptocurrency tied to transnational fraud rings. The effort, called Disruption Week by the Department of Justice, resulted in frozen funds, removed accounts, and arrests in Thailand.
manilatimes.netFive technology companies coordinated with federal prosecutors to target organized fraud networks operating from Southeast Asia. The joint operation, labeled Disruption Week by the Department of Justice, concluded within four days. Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Coinbase removed 1.4 million accounts linked to the schemes from their platforms.
Officials also froze $3.8 million in cryptocurrency connected to the activity.
Arrests and scope Seven individuals were arrested in Thailand as part of the same effort. The networks conducted large-scale fraud directed at people in the United States. The companies supplied account data and froze digital assets while law enforcement handled arrests across borders.
The Department of Justice described the collaboration as an example of combining platform-level account controls with traditional enforcement actions.
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