‘Fecal Avengers’: South Korea uncovers network of crypto-funded vandals
South Korean police have dismantled a group receiving cryptocurrency payments for acts of intimidation and vandalism. These crimes were coordinated via Telegram, involving door break-ins, trash scattering, threatening messages, and even placing human feces outside victims’ homes.
Source Incrypted
The perpetrators were paid up to $700 per task. Investigators believe that the organized network orchestrated what they call ‘private revenge’. Several suspects have already been arrested while police continue seeking accomplices.
This development could mark a new front in combating criminal activity that exploits cryptocurrency anonymity to coordinate unlawful acts.
