According to Bitdefender, Poland's Central Cybercrime Bureau (CBZC) arrested four suspects involved in SIM swap crypto theft and money laundering. Police said the group hijacked victims' phone numbers to intercept text messages and emails, thereby breaking into online accounts including crypto exchange accounts and stealing digital assets. The funds were transferred through bank accounts in Poland and abroad, international payment platforms, and multi-currency digital wallets, involving millions of dollars in money laundering. The operation was assisted by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The four suspects have been temporarily detained, and the charges are still pending judicial proceedings.

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BlueberryStakingMachine
· 1h ago
CBZC abbreviation seen for the first time, European cyber police presence is indeed low.
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InvisibleMarketMaker
· 8h ago
Poland's move is okay, but how much of the illicit funds have been recovered is the key point.
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RetroRadioEcho
· 8h ago
Overseas banks + multi-currency wallets, the money laundering chain is quite professional, but unfortunately they got caught.
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GateUser-55f70f75
· 8h ago
FBI launches a cross-border operation to catch four petty thieves—are a million-dollar case and all this spectacle really worth the effort?
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ChaintraceAuntie
· 8h ago
SIM swap—this old trick is still being used; the carriers’ real-name registration system is basically useless.
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GateUser-78aae297
· 8h ago
So don’t use SMS for 2FA—aren’t authenticator apps “the best”?
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