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Interpol links $122.5M crypto wallet to romance scam laundering scheme

Interpol said Operation First Light 2026 involved 97 countries and led to 5,811 arrests, with $293M in illicit assets seized.

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Interpol said Thai authorities arrested two suspects and uncovered a money-laundering network that routed romance-scam proceeds into cryptocurrencies, with a crypto wallet processing more than $122.5 million over 10 months.

According to Cointelegraph, the scheme used cross-chain token swaps to obscure the trail, and Thai investigators identified the activity during an Interpol-coordinated global anti-fraud campaign.

Cointelegraph reported that Operation First Light 2026 involved authorities in 97 countries and territories, resulting in 5,811 arrests and the seizure of $293 million in illicit assets tied to fraud and money laundering.

Interpol said the operation analyzed 152,808 cases, blocked 31,014 bank accounts, solved 23,715 investigations, and identified 15,606 suspects, using its Global Rapid Intervention of Payments system to help block transfers involving fiat and virtual assets.

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