UK’s 'biggest ever' scam leads to 100 arrests after police track bitcoin records

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Tracing bitcoin records, which was used to pay for fraud website services, allowed the Metropolitan Police unit to narrow down suspects.

£3.2 million , according to a London police statement.Cyber Crime Unit to narrow down suspects.“the UK’s biggest ever fraud operation” after taking down a fraud website called iSpoof used on 200,000 potential victims in Britain alone.

Scotland Yard’s Cyber Crime Unit worked in cross-national cooperation, including authorities in the U.S. and Ukraine, to take down the site this week. In a 20-month period, the Met police claims the operation earned the criminals almost £3.2 million .

 

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