Argentine police arrested 24 people and seized over $8 million in cryptocurrency during the operation

Odaily Odaily reported that the Attorney General's Office of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, coordinated with judicial authorities and police in multiple regions to launch a large-scale joint operation codenamed Fake Coins targeting cryptocurrency fake investment scams. Police conducted 90 simultaneous searches nationwide, arresting 24 suspects. The operation successfully intercepted and seized a total of 8 million USDT, valued at over $8 million, along with nearly 6 million Argentine pesos in cash and a large number of electronic devices.

Investigations revealed that the criminal group induced victims to invest through social media and fake apps, with total losses amounting to nearly 3 billion pesos. The San Isidro judicial department seized the majority of the crypto assets during an investigation into a Chinese criminal group, which developed malware to steal user information for money laundering purposes. Part of the funds were reportedly converted to USDT through Binance P2P transactions. (infobae)