Coinbase participated in Joint Disruption Week, an international operation led by the UK National Crime Agency and the US Department of Justice’s Scam Center Strike Force targeting fraud rings based primarily in Ghana and Nigeria. The crypto exchange proactively blocked over $415,000 in losses for more than 65 victims, while 28 people were arrested and 117 human trafficking victims were rescued in Ghana. The operation also removed 3.7 million fraudulent accounts and pages and identified 89 additional victims with roughly $8.3 million in losses. The US DOJ reported that losses from crypto and cyber-enabled investment fraud reached approximately $8.65 billion in 2025, representing an 89% increase from 2023.
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