Investigators in Ghana identified 89 suspected fraud victims whose reported losses totaled approximately $8.3 million during the operation.

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Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 that newly acquired knowledge of facts existing when the January 2025 consent order was entered does not constitute a significant change in factual circumstances

The CFTC filed a lawsuit in 2022 alleging Gemini Trust Company made false or misleading statements of material fact in 2017 regarding a Bitcoin futures contract relying on Gemini auction prices

Kazakh authorities restricted access to Coinbase in 2023 for regulatory non-compliance, while Kazakhstan's Financial Monitoring Agency blocked access to nearly 1,000 unregistered crypto exchanges in 2023

The Astana Financial Services Authority issued warnings to more than 20 cryptocurrency platforms regarding Astana International Financial Centre regulatory compliance rules during 2025

Nine cryptocurrency platforms voluntarily blocked app access for users in Kazakhstan, prompting the Astana Financial Services Authority to withdraw its court claims against those operators

Recovered funds exceeding 10,000 euros resulting from cross-border crypto enforcement operations will be split equally among the nations involved.

The Warsaw Convention Additional Protocol prompts signatory nations to establish specialized Asset Recovery Offices to confiscate digital assets and Asset Management Offices to hold digital assets involved in illicit activities.

The Warsaw Convention Additional Protocol enables the urgent confiscation of virtual assets without prior notice when a transaction risk is identified.

Sparkasse and DekaBank warned that cryptocurrencies are high-risk assets subject to extreme price volatility that can result in total loss of principal.

Cryptocurrencies held through DekaBank inside the Sparkasse banking app are not protected by Germany's statutory bank deposit insurance scheme.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase helped trace illicit funds, support asset freezes, identify more than 65 active scam victims, and prevent over $415,000 in potential losses.

Coinbase's Global Intelligence team connected public blockchain transactions with evidence from social media profiles, messaging accounts, and fraudulent websites to identify scam operations.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance participated in the U.S. Department of Justice joint crackdown to assist law enforcement with tracing suspected fraud and identifying suspicious accounts.

Private-sector partners identified more than $11 million in funds potentially available for freezing during the West Africa scam operation.

The U.S. Department of Justice described the October 2026 London event as the first joint operation focused on West Africa.

Law enforcement authorities in Ghana and Nigeria arrested 28 people during an international crackdown on West African cryptocurrency investment fraud and online scam networks.

The European Securities and Markets Authority's register of non-compliant crypto-asset service providers increased by five entries to 178 on October 16, 2026, following information supplied by Italian regulators.

The U.S. Department of Justice did not publish a company-specific figure for assets traced or frozen by Binance during the October 2026 West Africa operation.

Scammers targeting Brooklyn's Russian and Ukrainian immigrant communities allowed small initial withdrawals before charging high fees or ghosting victims who tried to cash out.

Reported United States cryptocurrency fraud losses reached $11.4 billion in 2025 according to the FBI, tripling over three years.