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FBI Seizes $17 Billion in Operation Blackout

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  • FBI Director Kash Patel announced the agency seized $17 billion in assets during Operation Blackout.
  • Operation Blackout also seized $8 billion in cryptocurrency linked to international scam compounds.
  • FBI agents searched Cambodia’s O’Smach Resort compound, examining 28 buildings over three days.
  • Agents seized 113 hard drives, 15 computers and 35 boxes of evidence at the O’Smach site.
  • The bureau notified 10,406 victims and prevented an estimated $660 million in losses.