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More than 500 suspects were arrested in the Interpol-coordinated Operation ‘HAECHI-I’ and $83 million were seized which belonged to the victims of online financial crime. Over 40 law enforcement officers across the Asia Pacific region took part in the Interpol-coordinated Operation HAECHI-I and intercepted $83 million from being transferred to the accounts of their perpetrators.
Law enforcement agencies were specifically focused on five types of online financial crime: investment fraud, romance scams, money laundering associated with illegal online gambling, online sextortion, and voice phishing.
A total of 585 individuals were arrested, and more than 1,600 bank accounts belonging to perpetrators of the cyber-enabled financial crime were frozen. The stolen funds were blocked from getting into the scammers’ accounts following multiple joint operations and months of collecting intelligence on the attackers’ operations.
More than 1,400 investigations were opened during HAECHI-I’s six-month operational phase targeting cybercrime in the Asia Pacific region (i.e., Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Korea, Laos, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam), with 892 cases having already been solved and the rest still being investigated.
Interpol Seize $83 Million in Operation Against Online Financial Fraud