Security News > 2021 > November > Interpol arrests over 1,000 suspects linked to cyber crime
Interpol has coordinated the arrest of 1,003 individuals linked to various cyber-crimes such as romance scams, investment frauds, online money laundering, and illegal online gambling.
On the financial aspect of the operation, the authorities have also intercepted nearly $27,000,000 and froze 2,350 banking accounts linked to various online crimes.
As the Interpol announcement details, at least ten new criminal modus operandi were identified in HAEICHI-II, indicative of the evolving nature of cyber-crime.
Interpol worked with the authorities in Beijing and helped return the full amount to the victim.
"Online scams like those leveraging malicious apps evolve as quickly as the cultural trends they opportunistically exploit," said José De Gracia, Assistant Director, Criminal Networks at Interpol.
HAEICHI-I. Interpol's previous large-scale online fraud crackdown operation was HAEICHI-I, spanning between September 2020 and March 2021.