A 20-Year-Old's Crypto Wallet Moved $123M in Romance-Scam Cash: Interpol Says

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(09:21 AM UTC)

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In brief

Thai police arrested two people over a scheme that laundered romance-scam proceeds through crypto, using cross-chain swaps to hide the trail, Interpol said. One suspect, aged 20, controlled a wallet that processed more than $122.5 million in 10 months.
The arrests came out of Operation First Light 2026, a four-month push across 97 countries and territories that led to 5,811 arrests and…

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