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Illustrative: Turkish police officers in Istanbul in 2018 (OZAN KOSE/AFP)
September 19, 2026, 5:09 pm
Turkey says nine Israelis arrested amid crackdown on major investment fraud network
Authorities say network led by Israelis and others used multilingual call centers, fake profit reports and overseas crypto wallets to defraud victims worldwide; over 200 arrested
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An employee of the Bulgarian call center Dortome BG is handcuffed on October 6, 2021, during a Europol-coordinated raid (Source: Bulgarian Interior Ministry)
October 29, 2021, 6:49 pm
October surprise: Who’s who in the unprecedented wave of investment scam raids
A detailed look at the German-led blitz against alleged Israeli-led online fraud schemes in 6 countries offers a peek at the industry’s tangled webs and the figures being targeted
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative: German police carrying out a raid on a suspected money laundering ring in Duesseldorf, Germany on October 6, 2021. (AP/Martin Meissner)
October 29, 2021, 6:48 pm
In major shift, Germany begins targeting platforms driving Israel’s online fraud
A rash of raids in 6 countries points to a new strategy: Going after the trading programs that allegedly allow scamsters to keep pushing crypto and other investment cons
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative image of a trading room floor. (Rawpixel, iStock Images)
December 29, 2018, 9:21 pm
Israel files first-ever indictment against alleged binary options operatives
Utrade Premium Services Ltd. owner Aviv Talmor and senior analyst Roy Cuzin accused of defrauding hundreds of Israeli investors out of tens of millions of shekels
By Simona Weinglass
Logos of US multinational technology company Google, on December 28, 2016, in Vertou, western France. (AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE)
February 6, 2018, 10:42 am
Regulator calls on Google to ban ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies
Canadian and US law enforcement have explained to Google how the advertising enables scammers to find victims, asked it to follow Facebook’s lead in barring the ads
By Simona Weinglass
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