Record bitcoin sum seized in UK-US crackdown on romance scam centres

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Luxury London properties frozen as Foreign Office and US officials impose sanctions on gang behind centres in south-east Asia

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Authorities have seized $15bn (£11.3bn) worth of bitcoin and a string of luxury London properties in a joint UK-US crackdown on criminal masterminds behind romance scam centres in south-east Asia.

Record bitcoin sum seized in UK-US crackdown on romance scam centres

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