€250 Is the Hook: The FTD in Online Investment Fraud Court records, regulators and fraud operators’ own scripts show that the FTD (first-time deposit) is the designed entry point of investment fraud, not a small loss The victim sees a test. The operators see the start of a relationship Every
From Two Facebook Ads to 852: CERT Polska Maps a Toll-Fraud Network on Meta On 23 September 2026, CERT Polska, Poland’s national Computer Security Incident Response Team operated by the research institute NASK, published the results of a technical investigation into a toll-fraud campaign targeting Polish Android users which, although
Warning: Fake “EFRI Restitution Department” Emails Claim Seized Crypto Assets and Request ID Documents Fraudsters are again impersonating EFRI. German-language emails are circulating from [email protected], signed “Elfriede Sixt, Principal – Restitution & Case Management”. They are fake. The domain does not belong to EFRI, and EFRI has no “Restitution Department”.
Seven Years of Work, 63 Victims, €1.48 Million in P2P Refunds Approved After years of victim identification, payment reconstruction and persistent follow-up, the P2P GmbH case is finally producing a concrete result for victims. The Cologne Regional Court has approved refunds totalling €1,479,152.91 for 63 victims coordinated through EFRI. The
ING has a Payvision Accounting Problem Contradictory figures, missing audit evidence and unresolved victim claims demand documented answers. ING announced Payvision’s phase-out in 2021, citing commercial reasons, and reported its operational completion in 2022. Years later, the Payvision companies’ latest accounts – just filed with KvK – contain material contradictions
The “Just the Rails” Defence: What the Zelle Fraud Case Means for Wero and Europe On 20 July 2026, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County refused to dismiss the New York Attorney General’s fraud action against Early Warning Services, LLC (EWS), the operator of
EFRI asks German prosecutors: What happened to the “Wolf of Sofia” investigations? Today EFRI has formally asked the Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Bamberg and its Central Cybercrime Unit (ZCB) for clarification on the status of the German criminal proceedings concerning Gal Barak, Marina Barak and Gery Shalon. The request comes against the background
Banking Circle, Kraken and the False Comfort of a Name Match In a recent Austrian victim case, three transfers totalling €60,749 went to Banking Circle IBANs displayed inside Kraken as fiat funding details. The payer saw his own name as beneficiary and received a positive Verification of Payee result. The
StablR confirms more than 20 million unbacked token units remain in circulation StablR has for the first time quantified the unauthorised EURR and USDR tokens still in circulation. According to the issuer, 6.41 million EURR and 14.33 million USDR of unauthorised tokens remain in circulation without corresponding reserve assets. The
Austria Builds a Stronger Payment-Blocking Regime — but Repeats Germany’s Blind Spot Government Bill 594 d.B., XXVIII. GP (amendments to the Glücksspielgesetz and the Telekommunikationsgesetz 2021); introduced in the Nationalrat on 5 August 2026. The new § 56e GSpG enters into force at the end of 31 December 2026. EFRI
