EXCLUSIVE: A 60-day FBI operation targeting cybercriminals, online fraud, and illicit digital infrastructure resulted in numerous arrests and disrupted vast global criminal networks that preyed on Americans and laundered millions in proceeds, Fox News Digital has learned.Operation Riptide was launched in June to combat cybercrime, which defrauded Americans out of more than $20 billion last year, according to the FBI.With assistance from international law enforcement, the bureau seized millions in illegal cryptocurrency and other funds while dismantling cyber networks across the globe.GLOBAL PARTNERS ARE JOINING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THIS FBI TO TAKE DOWN SCAM EMPIRES FOR GOODIllustration of cybercrime and hacking activity with a laptop displaying a pirate symbol while a hooded person uses a digital tablet in a dark environment in Paris, France, on April 28, 2026.(Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)"Operation Riptide was the FBI’s historic 60-day campaign targeting cybercriminals preying on Americans here at home and around the world," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital.
"We went after this criminal enterprise more aggressively than we ever have."Patel credited several factors for the initiative's success, including the bureau's artificial intelligence technology, increased intelligence sharing, and aggressive coordination with authorities abroad."FBI Cyber is now built to crush these criminal networks no matter where they operate," Patel said.Among the cases stemming from the operation was the arrest of a member of the pro-Russia hacktivist group Cyber Army of Russia Reborn, as well as the seizure of a cloud computing account used by subsidiaries of the Huione Group, a Cambodia-based corporate conglomerate.FBI Director Kash Patel arrives to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)DOJ CHARGES 3 RUSSIANS IN ALLEGED $63M CYBE...