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Brooklyn DA cracks down on crypto scams targeting Russian community

Hacker stealing password and identity, computer crime.

Dec. 27, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has launched a groundbreaking effort to combat cryptocurrency scams targeting Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking community, alerting over 1,200 victims and disrupting a fraudulent network preying on unsuspecting investors. The DA’s office announced last week that investigators dismantled the operation by seizing the mail servers of…