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Global cybercrime gang that stole $100 mln busted: Europol
THE HAGUE, May 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – US and European police said Thursday
they have smashed a huge international cybercrime network that used Russian
malware to steal 100 million dollars from tens of thousands of victims
worldwide.
Prosecutions have been launched in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and the
United States over the scam, while five Russians charged in the US remain on
the run, the EU police agency Europol said.
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