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Reviewed by Felix Ng , Staff Editor.
Coinbase freezes $3M tied to Southeast Asia crypto fraud networks
Latest NewsPublishedJun 4, 2026
Crypto Scams Under Fire: $3M Frozen in Global Operation
Crypto exchange Coinbase has frozen over $3 million in cryptocurrency tied to a global operation targeting cyber-enabled crypto scam networks in Southeast Asia. This operation is part of a larger effort to tackle crypto fraud, with authorities worldwide taking action against scam infrastructure. The US Department of Justice’s Scam Center Strike Force led the operation, bringing together government entities and private industries to disrupt criminal activity.
The operation involved several major players, including Meta, Microsoft, and Starlink, which worked together to take down servers and hosting infrastructure linked to scam networks. This collaborative effort led to several arrests by the Royal Thai Police Anti-Cyber Scam Center and disrupted activity across over 1.4 million social media and email accounts. Investment fraud and pig butchering are among the fastest-growing and most financially devastating forms of fraud, with Americans losing over $11 billion to crypto- and AI-related scams in 2025.
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Investment fraud and pig butchering are among the fastest-growing and most financially devastating forms of fraud targeting Americans, the DOJ said. The FBI reported earlier this month that Americans’ losses from crypto- and AI-related scams in 2025 exceeded $11 billion, with investment scams the most damaging.
Source: US Attorney DC
“We know crypto sometimes gets an unfair reputation when it comes to illicit finance. The reality is the opposite. Blockchain technology gives law enforcement something traditional financial systems often can’t: a transparent, immutable and permanent record of every transaction,” Coinbase added.
Other members of the coalition included the FBI, the US Secret Service and law enforcement partners in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Thailand.
Related: OFAC sanctions Cambodian politician linked to pig butchering scam centers
Meta said it shared “actionable insights” from all those involved, which helped “connect the dots between disparate pieces of information across platforms. The collective effort of these tech companies enabled the operation to target and disrupt criminals at nearly every point in the fraud chain.”
Authorities around the world have been heavily targeting scam infrastructure this year. In April, the US Scam Center Strike Force and its law enforcement partners targeted scam centers and froze more than $701 million in crypto linked to investment scams.
Meanwhile, a Dubai police-led international crackdown on scam rings resulted in the arrest of 276 individuals and the shutdown of at least nine crypto scam centers.
In another police action involving Austrian and Albanian authorities, with support from Europol and Eurojust, 10 people were arrested in connection with three scam centers in Tirana, Albania.
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