{"id":73543,"date":"2026-06-04T12:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/apple-meta-spacex-and-coinbase-join-doj-operation-shutting-down-1-4-million-scam-accounts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:13:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:13:52","slug":"apple-meta-spacex-and-coinbase-join-doj-operation-shutting-down-1-4-million-scam-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/apple-meta-spacex-and-coinbase-join-doj-operation-shutting-down-1-4-million-scam-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Meta, SpaceX and Coinbase Join DOJ Operation, Shutting Down 1.4 Million Scam Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">DOJ and partners disrupted 1.4M+ scam-linked accounts during May 18-21 operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Coinbase helped freeze $3M+ in crypto as fraud losses topped $7.2B in 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">DOJ, Meta, and global agencies identified suspects and may pursue new prosecutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>DOJ Targets Southeast Asia Scam Networks, Freezing $3.8M in Stolen <span>Crypto<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Justice Department said it has carried out a first-of-its-kind operation with major technology and <span>crypto<\/span> firms to disrupt cyber-enabled investment fraud networks targeting Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/scam-center-strike-force-announces-results-us-private-industry-disruption-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disruption Week<\/a>,\u201d brought together federal investigators, foreign law enforcement agencies, and private companies in Washington from May 18 to May 21. The effort was led by the DOJ\u2019s Scam Center Strike Force, with participation from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and Homeland Security Investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ said private companies voluntarily interrupted more than 1.4 million social media and email accounts used by transnational criminal groups. The government also shared information that helped private-sector firms freeze more than $3.8 million in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cryptocurrency<\/a> linked to the laundering of stolen funds.<\/p>\n<p>The participating companies included Apple, Coinbase, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Silent Push, SpaceX, TRM Labs, and Zenlayer. Foreign agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, and the U.K. also joined the operation. Meta played a central role in coordinating private-sector participation, according to the DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the operation targeted scam networks in Southeast Asia that run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> investment fraud schemes, often known as \u201cpig butchering.\u201d In these scams, criminals build trust with victims over time, then persuade them to deposit money into fake investment platforms that appear to show profits. The funds are then stolen.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro for the District of Columbia said the schemes are devastating ordinary Americans and wiping out life savings. He remarked:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Disruption Week shows what is possible when governments and private industry focus their efforts in tandem: millions of scam accounts interrupted, and criminal networks pushed off the U.S. internet platforms on which they rely.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva said the U.S. is facing an \u201cunprecedented threat from industrial-scale, foreign organizations looking to prey on citizens\u201d that requires new forms of coordination.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption went beyond online accounts. The DOJ said participants interrupted malicious IP traffic, cut network connections used by scammers, and decommissioned servers, hosting infrastructure, and colocation environments tied to fraud operations.<\/p>\n<p>The operation also identified several scammers and scam platforms for possible U.S. prosecution. Thai authorities arrested seven suspected scammers and opened new cases through the Royal Thai Police Anti-Cyber Scam Center.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/zh-cn\/blog\/fighting-scams-at-the-source\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> it froze more than $3 million in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> assets tied directly to the criminal networks. The exchange said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-blockchain\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blockchain<\/a> records helped investigators trace illicit funds because transactions are transparent and permanent.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase also said the broader effort resulted in 63 arrests, thousands of Starlink kits terminated, and millions in criminal assets frozen.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the problem is growing. According to the FBI\u2019s Internet Crime Complaint Center, reported losses from investment scams rose from $3.96 billion in 2023 to $5.8 billion in 2024. Reported losses climbed again in 2025, reaching more than $7.2 billion. Crypto-related fraud made up 83% of reported investment scam losses in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Officials believe actual losses are far higher because many victims never report the crime.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these fraud operations are run from large compounds in Cambodia, Laos, and Burma near the Thai border. Workers are often lured with fake job offers, stripped of identity documents, and forced to scam victims under threat of violence.<\/p>\n<p>For the DOJ, Disruption Week marks a new model: attacking scam networks simultaneously across platforms, payment rails, and internet infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/apple-meta-spacex-and-coinbase-join-doj-operation-shutting-down-1-4-million-scam-accounts\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways DOJ and partners disrupted 1.4M+ scam-linked accounts during May 18-21 operations. Coinbase helped freeze $3M+ in crypto as fraud losses topped $7.2B in 2025. DOJ, Meta, and global agencies identified suspects and may pursue new prosecutions. 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