International anti-fraud crackdown recovers more than $400 million, Interpol says therecord.media/anti-frau…

The latest Interpol-led operation against online scams recovered $439 million worth of assets this summer, the agency announced Wednesday.

Authorities from more than 40 countries and territories blocked 68,000 bank accounts and froze about 400 cryptocurrency wallets as part of the operation from April through August, Interpol said.

The targeted scams included “voice phishing, romance scams, online sextortion, investment fraud, money laundering associated with illegal online gambling, business email compromise and e-commerce fraud,” Interpol said.

The recovered assets included $342 million in traditional currencies and $97 million worth of “physical and digital” items, the agency said.