INTERPOL disrupts $293M fraud ring in Operation First Light 2026 campaign

INTERPOL revealed in a statement that was shared on Thursday, July 9, that a four-month operation spanning 97 countries and territories arrested 5,811 people and froze $293 million in illicit money.  This sweep also reached some crypto holders as the investigators traced romance-scam profits laundered through cross-chain token swaps.  The operation, called First Light 2026,...