GoKawiilEuropol-led raid seizes 100+ servers, arrests 7 in investment fraud network
Authorities from Albania, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Kosovo and North Macedonia, backed by Europol and Eurojust, arrested seven people and seized over 100 servers tied to a company accused of supplying fake trading platforms to criminal call centers. The four-year probe began in 2022 after a German couple reported being unable to withdraw funds from an online trading platform, and later linked the scheme to victims in at least 50 countries. Europol said the company allegedly ran a 'crime-as-a-service' operation from Cyprus and Israel, supplying fraudulent platforms to call centers in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia.
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The case illustrates how fraud has industrialized into a service model, where one operator builds the fake platforms and sells access or stolen data to multiple criminal groups running call centers. This structure could make such scams harder to dismantle since taking down one call center does not eliminate the underlying technology supplier. The scale—victims across 50 countries—suggests law enforcement is increasingly treating investment fraud as transnational organized crime requiring coordinated, multi-year investigations.
- Seven suspects arrested and over 100 servers seized in coordinated European action
- Investigation traced a 'crime-as-a-service' company allegedly based in Cyprus and Israel
- Victims across at least 50 countries were lured via fake trading platforms with fabricated profits
Source: bleepingcomputer.com, 2026-11-03
Published there as: “Police seizes over 100 servers in investment scam crackdown”
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