DOJ announced results from its “Disruption Week,” targeting cyber-enabled and cryptocurrency fraud infrastructure used to defraud Americans. The operation included information sharing that enabled private industry to freeze more than $3.8 million in cryptocurrency connected to laundering proceeds from stolen funds.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says its Scam Center Strike Force coordinated a “Disruption Week” focused on cyber-enabled schemes and cryptocurrency laundering infrastructure used by transnational organized crime actors. DOJ reported that cooperation with private industry helped disrupt the platforms and account access points fraudsters relied on, and—crucially—enabled cryptocurrency actions tied to the flow of illicit proceeds. According to DOJ, information sharing allowed private companies to freeze more than $3.8 million in cryptocurrency connected to laundering proceeds from stolen funds. The agency framed the effort as part of an ongoing strategy to combat crypto fraud scams and the systems that support them, including the compromised accounts used to initiate and maintain fraudulent activity. DOJ’s release also emphasizes that the disruption efforts extended to tactics used in social-media and email account takeover attempts, which often serve as the “front end” for scams that later pivot to payment and crypto-exchange stages. While the release describes operational outcomes rather than individual defendants, it highlights how law enforcement and private-sector controls can interrupt both the communications layer and the money-movement layer of cyber-crypto fraud.