Brooklyn prosecutor leads disruption of over 240 crypto fraud websites

Published Monday, October 19, 2026 · 4:06 AM EDT

Alona Katz, chief of the Brooklyn district attorney's Virtual Currency Unit, recently led an operation that seized and disrupted over 240 crypto fraud websites, Bloomberg reports in a profile. Crypto scams cost Americans more than $11 billion last year.

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