布鲁克林地方检察官办公室捣毁了一个以东欧为中心的跨国加密货币诈骗网络，这标志着长达数年的打击此类诈骗行为的努力取得了重大成果——该诈骗团伙已从美国人手中骗取了数千万美元。
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office has disrupted a multinational cryptocurrency-scam network centered in Eastern Europe, capping a years long effort to stop a fraud operation that has stolen tens of millions of dollars from Americans.
根据布鲁克林地方检察官办公室的说法，上周开展的行动关闭了241个与加密货币诈骗相关的网站。执法部门还扣押了该诈骗团伙控制的112台计算机服务器，这些服务器托管在东欧和美国的公司中。
The operation, conducted last week, shut down 241 websites linked to crypto-fraud schemes, according to the Brooklyn DA’s office. Law enforcement officials seized 112 computer servers controlled by the fraud group that were hosted by Eastern European and American companies.
许多诈骗活动针对的是布鲁克林及全美范围内的俄语使用者。这项始于三年前的调查发现，大量受害者是通过脸书上的广告而上当受骗的。调查人员发现，该诈骗网络使用了位于乌克兰及其他东欧国家的网络基础设施和互联网协议地址。
Many of the scams targeted Russian-speaking residents of Brooklyn and throughout the US. The investigation into the scam network, which began three years ago, found that a large number of victims had responded to a Facebook ad peddling investment opportunities. Investigators discovered that the network used cyber infrastructure and Internet protocol addresses in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries.
此次行动由布鲁克林地方检察官办公室的“虚拟货币部门”牵头，并与联邦调查局纽约分局密切合作。布鲁克林地方检察官埃里克·冈萨雷斯在向彭博社发表的声明中表示：“我们成功识破了这一诈骗阴谋，追回了被盗的加密货币，锁定了诈骗分子，并通过扣押他们的服务器取得了重大突破。”
The operation was led by the Brooklyn DA’s Virtual Currency Unit, which worked alongside the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York field office. The unit “identified the fraud, tracked down stolen cryptocurrency, was able to pinpoint the scammers and broke new ground by seizing the servers used by this crime syndicate,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement to Bloomberg.
联邦调查局纽约分局局长詹姆斯·巴纳克尔表示：“布鲁克林地方检察官办公室迅速调动了相关专家，我们共同努力，最终揭开了这一诈骗案的真相。”
The Brooklyn DA office was “swift to involve our subject matter experts and together we got to the bottom of the plot,” said James Barnacle, head of the FBI’s New York office.
布鲁克林检察官办公室在三个不同时区执行了搜查令，成功切断了该诈骗网络的运作。检察官办公室称，通过关闭这些服务器，诈骗分子无法访问他们存储在网站上的数据、受害者信息以及用于作案的软件。
The Brooklyn prosecutors executed search warrants and worked across three time zones to disable the network. Disrupting the servers deprived the scammers of access to the data that populated their web domains, victim information, and their operational software, said the DA’s office.
近年来，加密货币诈骗案件呈激增之势。据美国联邦调查局统计，2025年美国境内因加密货币诈骗造成的损失高达114亿美元，较上一年增长了22%。超过1.8万名受害者报告称自己损失了逾10万美元。
Crypto fraud has exploded in recent years. In 2025, reported US losses from cryptocurrency fraud reached $11.4 billion, up 22% in a year, according to the FBI. More than 18,000 people reported losing more than $100,000.
当地执法部门难以应对这一迅速增长的诈骗浪潮，这些诈骗活动大多源自海外。为打击加密货币诈骗，冈萨雷斯于2023年专门设立了虚拟货币执法小组。该小组由地区助理检察官阿洛娜·卡茨领导，由于许多诈骗受害者均来自布鲁克林地区庞大的俄语使用群体，小组随即着手追查这一诈骗网络。
Local law-enforcement offices have struggled to keep up with the surge in fraud, much of which originates overseas. Gonzalez created the specialized Virtual Currency Unit to crack down on crypto scams in 2023. Led by Assistant District Attorney Alona Katz, the unit started chasing the scam network because many of the scammers’ victims were from Brooklyn’s large Russian-speaking communities.
2024年6月，卡茨带领的团队查封了70个被诈骗分子用于实施诈骗的网站域名，成功阻止了这些诈骗分子从美国民众手中骗取500万美元。除上周的行动外，该小组迄今已查封或捣毁了400个与加密货币投资诈骗相关的网站域名。
In June 2024, Katz’s team seized 70 web domains used by scammers to steal $5 million from US residents. Not including last week’s operation, the unit has seized or disrupted 400 web domains related to crypto investment fraud.
查封诈骗网络背后的服务器能够有效削弱其创建新网站及联系受害者的能力。卡茨指出：“通过捣毁诈骗分子的服务器，我们彻底破坏了整个诈骗活动的运作基础。”
Seizing the servers behind the fraud network can cripple its ability to create new sites and contact victims. By taking out the fraudsters’ servers, “we disabled the back end of the operation,” said Katz.