US, UK, and Canadian law enforcement Thursday said that they disrupted a $45 million global cryptocurrency scam, freezing $12 million in stolen funds and identifying more than 20,000 cryptocurrency wallet addresses linked to fraud victims across 30 countries.

The week-long effort, dubbed Operation Atlantic, also identified an additional $33 million believed to be linked to investment fraud schemes, and will further investigate these funds.

Operation Atlantic is a joint initiative led by the US Secret Service, the UK National Crime Agency, the Ontario Provincial Police, and the Ontario Securities Commission, working with private‑sector partners, to identify and contact potential victims and help them recover stolen funds.