The U.S. Department of Justice has seized $112M worth of stolen cryptocurrency.
The funds will be returned to the victims.
- The
criminals behind these cryptocurrency fraud scams approached their
victims via various dating platforms, messaging apps, or social media
platforms.
- The victims were convinced to participate in
different cryptocurrency investment schemes and deposit money on
suspicious websites, which eventually led them to have their wallets
stolen.
- Hackers used the stolen cryptocurrency as a way of laundering stolen funds from different digital scams.
- The funds were held in six different wallets.
- According to the FBI, the highest number of reports came from victims between the ages of 30 and 49.
