How police can stop crypto scams with coordination
By Robert Whitaker
When Spanish authorities dismantled a €460 million (≈ $542 million USD) cryptocurrency fraud ring in June 2025, Operation Borrelli was celebrated as one of the largest crypto investment scam takedowns in European history. More than 5,000 victims had been defrauded. Dozens of shell companies and payment processors were exposed. Crypto wallets and bank accounts linked to illicit proceeds were seized.
For those of us who have worked in law enforcement and blockchain intelligence, the most important takeaway was not the size of the fraud. It was the message that coordinated, well-equipped law enforcement agencies can dismantle even the most sophisticated crypto-enabled criminal…
