Spanish police arrest five over $542M crypto investment scheme (therecord.media) 79 points by PaulHoule 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] miohtama 1y ago ↗ The linked statement from Europol is some weeks old, so this is old newshttps://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/cryp...Europol does not disclose it, but it is likely related to Myanmar pig butchering aka romance scam centershttps://thehackernews.com/2025/06/europol-dismantles-540-mil...
[–] nickpinkston 1y ago ↗ Maybe they just want their Royal Fifth like the SEC, etc. do.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_fifth
[–] neom 1y ago ↗ Has Ruja Ignatova largely gotten away with the OneCoin stuff? Don't hear much about it anymore. I googled around but not much since last year.
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 23.4 ms ] threadhttps://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/cryp...
Europol does not disclose it, but it is likely related to Myanmar pig butchering aka romance scam centers
https://thehackernews.com/2025/06/europol-dismantles-540-mil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_fifth