{
  "id": 5491094,
  "title": "US, UK launch joint alliance targeting crypto scam centers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/us-uk-launch-joint-alliance-targeting-crypto-scam-centers",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-04T04:33:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Cointelegraph",
    "slug": "cointelegraph",
    "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-uk-joint-alliance-crypto-scam-centers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United States and United Kingdom have formed a joint law enforcement alliance targeting scam centers involved in crypto and cyber-enabled investment fraud. The agreement includes parallel investigations and information sharing, with US and UK authorities planning a private-sector disruption operation in London in October. The DOJ described it as the \"first-of-its-kind\" international cooperation agreement aimed at disabling such scam centers, with authorities already identifying overlapping cases and planning an in-person disruption operation with private-sector partners in London in early October.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}