Police count at least two cases in a reporting window starting Sept. 10. Ledger's public alert came Oct. 9.

Operation Confrontation Ghost reported more than 960 arrests and raids on 29 fraud centers; participating countries are working toward asset recovery.

Angolan authorities seized more than 2,000 crypto-mining devices; a Nigerian probe traced more than $2.4 million in suspected fraud proceeds.

The name comes from an XKCD comic about a $5 wrench. Hardware wallets isolate keys, while multisig divides signing authority—but neither automatically prevents coerced transfers.

Attorney General Todd Blanche described a nationwide scam prosecution initiative deploying dozens of prosecutors across all 94 US Attorneys’ Offices.

Qubic says 87.1% of the drained QU remains immobilized on its network, while MEXC froze the account receiving the rest.

About 2.8 million CYS remain frozen at the recipient address, while onchain records show some tokens were sold before the blacklist took effect.

DOJ says a coordinated enforcement week removed more than 3.7 million online accounts, pages and groups and identified over $11 million in potentially freezable funds.

Prosecutors allege a scheme affecting more than 70 US employers generated about $3 million. The Ohio indictment describes cryptocurrency transfers.

The trader valued the robbery at about $800,000. Transaction records show the Solana address he identified received nearly 719,000 USDC, which later moved on.