How a Brooklyn crypto cop took down a global scam network

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As crypto use has become more widespread, the global crypto fraud economy has exploded in sizeBy the time Alona Katz hurried home from her office in downtown Brooklyn late on Oct 6, the trap was already set.
After months of planning, the chief of Brooklyn’s crypto fraud unit was about to orchestrate one of the most sweeping international crackdowns a local prosecutor’s office had ever attempted.
The operation, which took place across three time zones, was the culmination of a chase Katz had begun almost as soon as she was appointed chief of Brooklyn District Attorney’s Virtual Currency Unit th

As crypto use has become more widespread, the global crypto fraud economy has exploded in sizeBy the time Alona Katz hurried home from her office in downtown Brooklyn late on Oct 6, the trap was already set.
After months of planning, the chief of Brooklyn’s crypto fraud unit was about to orchestrate one of the most sweeping international crackdowns a local prosecutor’s office had ever attempted.
The operation, which took place across three time zones, was the culmination of a chase Katz had begun almost as soon as she was appointed chief of Brooklyn District Attorney’s Virtual Currency Unit th

Sources: Times of India