{"id":5577,"date":"2022-04-30T15:38:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T13:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/30\/crypto-crimewave-forces-police-online-to-pursue-ill-gotten-assets\/"},"modified":"2022-04-30T15:38:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T13:38:43","slug":"crypto-crimewave-forces-police-online-to-pursue-ill-gotten-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/30\/crypto-crimewave-forces-police-online-to-pursue-ill-gotten-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto-crimewave forces police online to pursue ill-gotten assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scams relating to digital \u2018coins\u2019 are growing \u2013 but data reveals authorities are making record seizures of assets too<\/p>\n

In July 2021, specialist police officers in Manchester swooped on an international cryptocurrency scam, seizing USB sticks and an online safe containing \u00a316m worth of digital coins, mostly ethereum.<\/p>\n

A month earlier, Leicestershire police had confiscated 10 types of cryptocurrency after raiding the home of a drug dealer who used digital assets to buy and sell class A drugs.<\/p>\n

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\nScams relating to digital \u2018coins\u2019 are growing \u2013 but data reveals authorities are making record seizures of assets too
\nIn July 2021, specialist police officers in Manchester swooped on an international cryptocurrency scam, seizing USB sticks and an online safe containing \u00a316m worth of digital coins, mostly ethereum.
\nA month earlier, Leicestershire police had confiscated 10 types of cryptocurrency after raiding the home of a drug dealer who used digital assets to buy and sell class A drugs. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scams relating to digital \u2018coins\u2019 are growing \u2013 but data reveals authorities are making record seizures of assets too In July 2021, specialist police officers in Manchester swooped on an international cryptocurrency scam, seizing USB sticks and an online safe containing \u00a316m worth of digital coins, mostly ethereum. A month earlier, Leicestershire police had confiscated …<\/p>\n

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