‘Israeli FBI’ busts crypto scam allegedly run by top crime families
Israel i police have raided a company run by some of the country’s most powerful Crime families that they allege developed software used to defraud crypto investors out of millions of dollars. As reported by ynetnews, the Israel Police National Cyber Crime Unit has been investigating the company for months, and on Monday, officers of Lahav 433 — also known as the ‘Israeli FBI’ — carried out a raid that saw six individuals arrested and dozens more detained for questioning. Israeli police were aided during the operation by the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority, the Israeli Tax Authority, and German cybercrime specialists. The scam the company is accused of perpetrating worked by luring crypto investors with promises of handsome profits before issuing them login details that would allow them to access their supposed portfolio. However, these ‘profits’ were actually created and controlled by the scammers and once traders atte...