$300M seized, 3500 people, that's only $80K each. There's a lesson here kids: cybercrime doesn't pay unless you're top of the teepee. For the real money, you want to be classified as 'fintech' or 'white collar', instead.
> The countries participating in this year’s operation were: Argentina, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Korea, Romania, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. Hong Kong also participated.
$80KUSD in Goa/India would be fun tool :), scam all day then rave all night \o/
Even in a country like Canada, the median income is only something like $40K CAD
Hey, work for me for a summer and I'll give you $80K? Sounds like a good deal if you're broke, or desperate, or young.
There would be further assets laundered in, for example, whoever the heck is paying $5m for a house in Vancouver that sits empty.
Like just hacking the stock market with signals and information intelligence?