10/18/25

Record $15B Scam Seizure: Video from Site Tied to Indictment

"If you can grab 15 billion of this, then how much has gone through that man's wallet? How much has he stolen? If we were able to take back 15 billion?"

— Erin West, Operation Shamrock

The Department of Justice has seized a record $15 billion in Bitcoin from a cyber fraud operation based in Cambodia that targeted Americans. West visited one of the alleged scammer's overseas compounds earlier this year. She shares her videos in an interview with I-Team's Dan Noyes.

Transcript on the ABC7 News Site: Record $15B Bitcoin cyber scam seizure: Bay Area investigator visited suspect's company in Cambodia

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