Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI seized or disrupted 241 scam websites and 112 servers tied to a crypto‑fraud network that targeted Russian‑speaking victims in the U.S. The operation, carried out on Oct. 15 2026, followed a three‑year investigation and resulted in the recovery of about $300,000. No arrests were announced. The scheme used Russian‑language Facebook ads and fake advisers to convince victims to invest, then attempted to recover stolen funds through false promises. The crackdown targeted servers hosted by Eastern European and U.S. companies that housed victim data and fraud‑software, aiming to prevent quick relaunch of scam sites.]} The Brooklyn area contains a large concentration of victims who are Russian-speaking investors. Brooklyn District Attorney's Virtual Currency Unit operates in Brooklyn.· Entity summary generated by Graphiti