Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies, proxy account holders, and sham paperwork to receive funds from their victims through accounts at major commercial banks, or turn it into cryptocurrency.
The bloggers rack up millions of views, promote Russia as a haven for conservatives, glorify the war in Ukraine — and never disclose any ties to the Russian government. The money tells a different story.
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of people who had clicked on ads for phony investment platforms. The marketers were only paid if the victims — some of whom went on to lose their life savings — were ensnared.
December 4, 2010
US diplomats worried about Israeli organized crime's rise and wanted to stop it from expanding into the United States.
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