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Japanese authorities have arrested a gang of scammers by analyzing Monero transactions for the first time in crypto history.
A group of 18 scammers has been under investigation since Aug 2024 by a Japanese cybercrime unit formed in Apr 2024.
The authorities have analyzed about 900 of the group’s Monero XMR-based money-laundering transactions for $670k, by a simple timing & amount analysis.
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2024-10-22 06:43:39Event JSON
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"content": "Japanese authorities have arrested a gang of scammers by analyzing Monero transactions for the first time in crypto history.\n\nA group of 18 scammers has been under investigation since Aug 2024 by a Japanese cybercrime unit formed in Apr 2024.\n\nThe authorities have analyzed about 900 of the group’s Monero XMR-based money-laundering transactions for $670k, by a simple timing \u0026 amount analysis.",
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