Facebook Helped in Global Internet Crime Ring Arrests, FBI Says
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Facebook Inc.’s security team helped name people around the globe suspected of being involved in Internet crime rings that stole identities and defrauded victims of more than $850 million, the FBI said.
The U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and international law enforcement agencies arrested 10 people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, New Zealand, Peru, the U.K. and the U.S., who are suspected of being members of the crime rings, the FBI said in a statement on its website. Numerous search warrants have also been issued, it said.