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You are subscribed to Cyber Crime news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. D.C. Scam Center Strike Force Seizures of Cryptocurrency from Chinese Transnational Criminals Tops $580 Million 02/26/2026 07:00 AM EST U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, together with major federal law enforcement and interagency partners, announced that freezes and seizures of cryptocurrency by the Scam Center Strike Force have topped $580 million, a critical step in the Strike Forces fight against Southeast Asian cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams.   Creator Of "OnlyFake" Charged And Pleads Guilty To Selling More Than 10,000 Digital Fake Identification Documents 02/26/2026 07:00 AM EST United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), James C. Barnacle, Jr., announced today that Ukrainian national YURII NAZARENKO, a/k/a "Yuriy Nazarenko," a/k/a "Uriel Septimberus," a/k/a "Tor Ford," a/k/a "John Wick," has been charged and pled guilty for his role in operating the website "OnlyFake," which sold fake photos of identification documents such as passports and driver's licenses ("Digital Fake IDs").

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