Security News > 2023 > July > Police arrests Ukrainian scareware developer after 10-year hunt
The Spanish National Police has apprehended a Ukrainian national wanted internationally for his involvement in a scareware operation spanning from 2006 to 2011.
"The operation has been carried out by investigators from the General Information Police Station in coordination with the Provincial Information Brigades of Tenerife and Barcelona and with the El Prat Airport Police Station," a Spanish National Police press release published on Saturday reads.
In May, the Spanish police dismantled a large-scale phishing operation linked to a criminal organization after arresting 40 individuals suspected of involvement in computer scams, identity theft, bank scams, money laundering, and more.
One month earlier, the Ukrainian cyber police apprehended a 36-year-old Ukrainian man selling the private data of over 300 million Ukrainian and European Union citizens to the Russians.
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